Comments on: Conflicted

By: chris gibson

chris gibson — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:23:59 +0000

oops. my real name is chris, not auntie.

By: auntie

auntie — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:23:18 +0000

Hi Deven,
Nice to Tweet with you.
Congrats on your test scores. I agree with Mary’s comment.
I like your blog. My blogs are at Blogger because I find WordPress a bit confusing. I prefer the look of WordPress.

By: Joe Corbett

Joe Corbett — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:08:55 +0000

Deven - Very interesting post. It sounds like you did your job very well so you are right to feel good about yourself. Also thanks for singing up for the #NECC09 Tweet-Up!

By: Deven Black

Deven Black — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:51:52 +0000

The students deserve congratulations. I hope they never discover that they have enrolled in a perpetual game of “can you top this…”

By: Deven Black

Deven Black — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:50:34 +0000

Yes, the satisfaction is on a visceral level and, as is so often true for me, my intellect recoils at the instinctive victory dance.

By: Mary Rodger

Mary Rodger — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:31:29 +0000

This is a commendable accomplishment! We as educators know that the tests are not the true measure of what our students have learned, but it is the measure by which we are judged-however unfair that is. Both you and your students deserve congratulations.

By: dtitle

dtitle — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:13 +0000

It’s not about those scores, at least at a cerebral level, but it’s a visceral extravaganza none the least. It’s about what you do being validated; and by those who tend not to validate such a educational philosophies. You know that these tests are not covering what students can learn, just what they can remember. By doing the former so brilliantly you achieve a latter that succeeds at many levels.