I am considering applying to get my Education Specialist Degree so that I one day can become a Bossy Britches myself. This would mean I would have a degree in administration so that I could possibly be a principal one day. To apply to the program I must write my philosophy of education. I have no idea what my philosophy is, so I thought I would just ramble on here until something came out that I could send to UofL.
I do believe that all children have the right to an education, but I also believe our struggling learners are taking up more resources than our advanced learners. I do not think it's "fair" that so much pressure is put on states/districts/schools to close the gap between the general population and struggling learners that we limit the extra time that we spend with learners that need to be challenged. (Who do you think the future of this country is?)
I do believe that without community support and parental involvement a school is destined to fail regardless of how great the school.
I do believe that getting training at UofL isn't going to make me a good or bad administrator. I know that the background information is important but I either got it or I don't.
I believe I'm tired and I'll probably put off the application a little while longer.
My advice to you, blog-writing-girl, is to keep that type of philosophy to yourself until you can do something about it from a position of authority. I don't believe the intelligentsia that controls the institutes of higher-learning want a person that does not conform to their way of thinking rocking the boat.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they want more intelligent people in the general population. Explain the degrees in Philosophy, Art History, Womens Studies, Queer Musicology (UCLA), Star Trek (George Washington University, DC), Leisure Studies, among others. Using these degrees that cost $50- $100,000, to apply for a job doing what, for minimum wage.
Colleges and Universities are in the business to "teach", they are not in the business to make sure you get a job. They will "learn" you whatever you are willing to pay for.
You want to major in Leisure Studies? Go to to University of Iowa
( http://clas.uiowa.edu/hhp/tracks/leisure-studies).
Blog-writing-girl, I would probably have disowned my daughter, if she had come to me and said, "Superdad (she always called me that), I would like to complete my matriculation at the University in Art History, so that I may compete with 20,000 other people for the museum curators job that may come open in the next 20 years."
Lucky for her she didn't. She got a useful degree in something or other.