Miscellaneous Post #2

This past Thursday, the class watched a video on nontracking in an English class for ninth graders. Then we were asked to be either students, teachers, or parents and figure out the pros and cons of tracking vs. nontracking, and later we would debate. In my group was Thanh,Jen, and Casey. We were the students and instead of splitting up, we worked on the pros and cons together. Since we had all been in tracked schools, we found it easier to be pro-tracking. Some of the reasons included: in tracked classes, students are all at same level, so it's less likely to fall behind and teachers can go at a good pace for the studens learning level...no one will be bored (if teacher's going to slow) and no one wil fall behind(teachers not going to fast. Some of the pros for nontracking were: students will feel equal with each other, there will be interaction of different students, and teachers give all students same amount of attention. On Tuesday in class, we will discuss more pros and cons and then we will debate, which is always interesting.