Schools and Teachers All Over the World: December 2010

missing girl, since christmas, bronx, new york - 149th street, Grand Concourse

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Step 1: Sign up -> Send your name and email address (which you used to sign up in this site) ssony97@gmail.com -> You will got admission email from the coordinator -> You can write on your own and comment to others’ postings.

Please REMEMER you do NOT need to answer the questions below. You can post whatever you want in the blog subject. We hope to share educational issues from many different countries. Enjoy!!!

Step 2: Give your personal information.
- Your name
- Where you live
- Your Position/Title
- Years of experiences as an educator
- The grade or level, subject you are teaching or taught
- Email address, blog or website
- Interests/hobby
- And anything else about you

Step 3: Give others some information of the educational system in your country, and Post your opinion or ask each other about educational issues and trends in a specific country or anywhere around the world.

Here are some examples;
- How are schools divided in your country? E.g. elementary-middle-high school
- The differences between the reasons for public schools and the reasons for private schools
- What are extracurricular activities in your school?
- What kinds of subjects do your students learn in school? How many? Tell us anything else about curricula in your country/state.
- Funding for schools
- The social and economic status of teachers/professors in your school area
- What percent of students graduate from high school in your area and go up to the university or college level?
- How is the foreign language/bilingual education managed in schools?
- How important is teaching foreign languages? How many languages are taught in schools?
- How supportive the principal and parents in your school district?
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- What is the biggest current issue in education in your country/state?
- Students’ behavior problems in your school
- The problem of drop-out rate in your area
- Should be students’ uniforms required or not in elementary or secondary schools?
- The role of current public schools (e.g. making good citizens, teaching values, or teaching job training or academic learning)
- Do schools/teachers have to check students’ personal background in educational purpose?
- Should children have the right to learn what they want to?
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- Why do you choose to be an educator?
- How satisfied are you with your job? Are you glad to choose teaching as a profession? If not, what profession would you choose?
- Is your job rewarding to you? Why?
- What level of stress do you feel at your job? Do you ever feel burn-out?
- What age do you plan to retire?
- Do you find other teachers who support you or compete with you?
- How many overtime do you have to work to do your job or prepare your class after school?
- How many months do you teach in a year?

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missing girl, since christmas, bronx, new york - 149th street, Grand Concourse

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