Response to Jeff Bliss

I think what Jeff Bliss did was very heroic, to be able to speak up and express his views on education. At that moment he not only spoke up for himself but also for everyone else stuck in that same situation. Most teachers from K-12 teach in a sense don’t provide a deeper connection with the material and the student. This is very detrimental to the development of a student because the K-12 years are so important as the foundation of knowledge. Yet, when students aren’t performing to the level expected they reflect upon the student and not the teachers. I think most teachers are egotistical, using their degrees to hold themselves up. As an effect they only teach one way to the students and when the class doesn’t understand they look for excuses. Jeff Bliss made me realize that the things he said in that video I had already thought about in my head so many times. Since students don’t really have a say in K-12 there is no point in speaking up because we (students) are always presumed wrong in the eyes of school admin. Those teachers, who actually connect with a student on a deeper level, drive the students curiosity and excite them about the material. Its much more efficient than forcing things into a students head. In forcing material upon a student you are actually driving them away from possible passions. Someone might love history but the way a teacher teaches it might make the student have a negative association with history. When teachers really love the subject they are teaching I think they have a better chance of spreading it to the student. Passionate teachers always find a way to bring life to subject even though at points it may be very dry.