I really enjoyed Jamila's blog post about Much Ado About Nothing. I liked how she described what she liked in the details. Usually we overlook little things like lighting and music it was interesting how she noticed this (then again, she and I talked about it while we were watching it). I also enjoyed how Jamila said that Much Ado About Nothing made her feel differently about Shakespeare's plays. I felt the same way; the play felt like a modern movie and less like something old and dull. I liked Joyce's bog comparing Gale and Peeta in the Hunger Games. I liked it because I read the series, and put myself in Katniss' shoes, wondering who I would choose. I like how she pointed out Gale's flaws, which supported why she thought Peeta would be a better person to choose (in case you don't know, Katniss was a girl who grew up with Gale, and became friends with Peeta. Both were in love with her.)
#2
The student copied and pasted the information they got instead of quoting it and stating the title.
Memories may surface with the dark shades and bright bursts of color according to "A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Paintings'.
Plagiarizing can be avoided my citing information, NOT BEING LAZY, and paraphrasing.
#3
The article "New York Teacher Ratings Renew Evaluation Debate" by Beth Fertig stated that many NYC public teachers felt that they were unfairly evaluated. Teachers are graded based upon the amount of progress their students have. I agree that this system is unfair because students may maintain high grades. The grading system is often inaccurate.
Many students maintain high grades, and have little progress in a class as a result. A teacher who has many students in this situation could be reflected as a poor teacher because their students stayed within the same range. One teacher, Nicole Weingard, was put in the lowest 20% of teachers while the majority of her class passed state exams. There was little progress in her students' grades, because it was an honors class with high performing students. Weingard was angry with her rating when she said: "I was very upset about the rating, I don't think it reflects any way, shape and form how I am as a teacher. I've been teaching for eight years. I can probably count on one hand how many of my students didn't perform well."
The teacher evaluation system is often inaccurate. Margins of error are often as large as 50%. A citiwide poll found that only 20% of parents trusted the results of the teacher ratings. New York City knows that these are often widely off the margin.
As stated, I feel that the teacher evaluation system is unfair. Its unfair because it is mainly based on student progress, and because it is often inaccurate.
