[NIFL-WORKPLACE:3196] NIFL-Workplace: Discussion about Standards

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Lets get started with some converstaion by answering this post!

Ralph Silva [mailto:silva_ralph@hotmail.com]
on the NIFL-FOBASICS list stated:
OK, how about this?
Let's say you're a teacher. You have students. You teach classes. Your
students learn stuff. That's about it, isn't it? Education is comprised of
students, teachers, and material. When you're with your students, nothing
else exists. You make your own world. You go where the moment takes you. You
learn things (remember, teaching is learning) unexpectedly, by tangent. It's
a creative process, constantly changing, evolving, morphing into something
new.
If you're a teacher-is this an approximation of what you do? If so, then how
do you feel when the "standards" thing comes in? How does your world react
to the intruder?
Are you a "reluctant standard bearer", like Jim Carabell in his FOB article?
If so, have you come to a state of peaceful co-existence with standards,
like Jim has? What does that state look like? Do you hate standards? Why?
What does that state look like? rs

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