Jacqueline’s Blog

I have to say, I’m glad that I heard Paul Gorski.  I was a little worried because some of his articles had so much rhetoric with little research to back it up.  Then, when I actually heard him in person, I understood him a lot better.  I know he was running short on time, but I’m glad tha he did the ten chairs example.  It gave me a clear picture of the distribution of the money in our country.  I was impressed by what I did know from his quiz.  I have since talked about it with my husband and some co-workers as well.  I’m not sure that I agree with every idea, but his basic premise is correct.  I don’t think many people are engaging in cognitive dissonance conversations.  I even see it with my colleagues.  I think that is what is preventing us from moving the educational system forward.  However, don’t listen to me…I seem to be a bit bitter.  I find more and more of my colleagues too comfortable with the failures of children and finding some excuse other then their instruction that is to blame.  I work in a position where I regularly find out what I am doing wrong.  Sometimes I find out from a colleague, sometimes I hear it from my teacher leader.  Once you engage in critical conversations on a regular basis, you realize that it is not personal.  It is only to help our children succeed.  If we would look critically at all aspects of education, we will see the issues that Paul Gorski speaks of.  I found out last week that we will be losing both of our administrators.  That means I will have six different principals in under ten years.  As I was walking in with a colleague the other day, she said…we are the guinea pigs.  They try out every new principal in the county on our school.  I asked why and she said that our parents won’t complain.  In my mind, it is not that our parents don’t complain, they just don’t have time to express it to the county office.  Oh well, another one bites the dust… Paul Gorski’s issues in action…

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