How to Make School Better - Ideas from a 9-year-old
I loved having this conversation with Alex, my nephew, on how to improve schools. Alex has a unique way of seeing things and wants to improve his school for the better. There are so many outstanding teachers out there. This conversation is not meant to discredit teachers. This is a different way to look at reframing things from the eyes of the student.
What we go over on how to make school better:
- Dirty water fountains, the school should have safer water for kids.
- Reframing how teachers ask if there are any questions
- Positive ways to encourage kids to ask questions
- Alex disagrees that recess should go away as a punishment. Kids need movement to get their energy out so they can focus in class
- Fun fact from Alex - the kids riding their bikes to school are more focused than those who don’t
- Teachers should be teaching about financial literacy
- Kindergarten was fun because the learned kids learned through doing and participating in activities
- Alex’s favorite subject is reading. We discuss ways to make reading fun and still educational
- Standardized testing is outrageous, in Alex’s words. Too much pressure on kids and not a great measure of what children actually know
- Ways to spend more time on socialization to help kids make new friends and learn how to be social
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