20% actual content, 80% frustration

Jan 19, 2011 11:04

 I attended my first faculty meeting yesterday. The principal decided to present to us on the Pareto Principal. It is the 80/20 rule. The way she wanted us to apply it is that teachers should be doing 20% of the “teaching” while students used collaborative techniques for the other 80 ( Read more... )

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miss_mimsy January 19 2011, 23:57:04 UTC
Thank you...

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maestrodog January 19 2011, 19:18:26 UTC
I think 80% of the people who read this post will think it worthy of publication and maybe 20% of possible publishers will actually consider doing so, should you chose to submit it. My own opinion...this is 100% pure awesomeness.

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miss_mimsy January 19 2011, 23:58:01 UTC
Thank you, I wouldn't know where to publish it, but I am glad it resonated with you.

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rbus January 19 2011, 21:36:08 UTC
in today's world the 80/20 rule don't work
as were all expected to give 120%.

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miss_mimsy January 19 2011, 23:59:26 UTC
I think expectations and what actually happens are pretty different.

But I agree with you, the 80/20 rule isn't a work paradigm I want to get behind.

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80% of the time learnteach January 19 2011, 22:19:21 UTC
I deal with the 20% of the students who shouldn't be in my class. Chemistry without passing Algebra? Biology when you are a religious bigot? Technology when you don't get basic physics? Aieee! And that is what pisses me off most...I could be doing creative things and guiding students into further learning, instead I'm fighting to have a basic civil and not completely noisy environment. And having varieties of discipline talks with students.

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Re: 80% of the time bdot January 20 2011, 02:58:02 UTC
it sounds like you teach the high school equivalent of where i teach third grade! fun, huh?

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polkamadness January 19 2011, 22:54:59 UTC
"The principal decided to present to us on the Pareto Principal. It is the 80/20 rule. The way she wanted us to apply it is that teachers should be doing 20% of the “teaching” while students used collaborative techniques for the other 80%. "

Clearly, she doesn't actually understand the Pareto principle as this isn't it. Sigh.

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plymouth January 19 2011, 23:42:38 UTC
Heh. Yeah, I was thinking that.

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miss_mimsy January 20 2011, 00:00:57 UTC
I don't know if she understands the Pareto Principal. She just seemed to like this 80/20 rule and wanted us to embrace it as a new way of teaching.

I know that she isn't responsible for all of the problems in CA's education system, but it is frustrating to be told that they would like rainbows in the sky, but don't give us ladders.

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