20 sats \ 18 replies \ @Undisciplined 25 Sep \ parent \ on: Generating quick mindmaps alter_native
I think they have different uses.
Repetition is how to develop immediate instinctive habits, which is needed to speak fluently.
Mind maps can help someone determine what is correct. It's slower and more deliberate, so not great for tasks that are done regularly.
The problem is that students dont want to develop these kind of habits.
At least my students didnt.
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It's nearly impossible to teach someone who doesn't want to learn.
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haha
You should have seen their parents.
Even worse.
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No surprise there. My dad was a teacher, so I'm pretty well-versed in that world.
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One of my classes, their spelling was very bad.
So in order to leave the classroom, I made them write down each word 5 times
There were like 10 words.
They all did it, then cried to their parents.
I was told I couldnt do it again.
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I forced my students to copy Switch on 100 times the other day because I was so sick n tired of hearing them shout Off the fan
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No surprise that your homeland surpasses mine in education.
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But no Nobel prizes as yet haha
That doesn't seem like an unreasonable assignment. Times have changed.
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One of the things my dad and I both noticed is that students tend to rise or fall to the level of the class. When I would decide to make a class more rigorous, there was little drop off in grades. Students rose to meet the higher bar.