Myers Article

I could not imagine being a teacher in this time period. Though I know I wouldn't know any different, I will pretend that I would. I feel bad for the students. Having to answer questions from the instructor without being able to ask questions back seems very unfair. Listening to the student's questions is one method of learning about what our students already know and what they want to know.
On page 64, they start to talk about discipline. One teacher says to a student "How can you learn anything with your knees and toes out of order?" I am not sure how movement has anything to do with learning. I understand teaching discipline, but this seems cruel.
On page 66 it says "These diverse districts which were often organized under specific ethnic communities, mandated that their own values be taught, therefore increasing the ethnic tensions among different groups and providing a continuing rationale for the drive to have schools socialize students into a "unified" national culture with a unified national language." I am not sure I understand this, but I think it is saying that one value is to be taught and because of that tension is growing among the other groups in the area. Why would they want to do this? Was there supposed to be a focus on one set of values for different areas, or the U.S. as a whole? Ithink that this idea is better, http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3499.

On page 113 it says "Darrah describes the failure of the team concept of one company where this team concept was announced and mandated, creating the impression that the company did not believe in worker involvement in planning. Afterward the company blamed the workers for the failure of the idea, claiming the workers lacked the necessary skills." I am not sure how this is empowering? I think I would be skepical too.