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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The Pain of Projects
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Monday, I covered the DeKalb school board meeting. Award-winning social studies fair projects were on display. Among the titles: “The Mongols: Civil or Savage?,” “I Am Homeless: Where Can I Get Help?,” and “How Can Atlanta Survive Delta’s Failure?”
But like every Good Thing, there is often a dark side. Among the grumblings I’ve heard about projects: parents end up doing them for some kids, giving them an unfair advantage; supplies to create a good project are too expensive; teachers don’t give explicit enough instructions, leaving parents to try to figure out what their kids are supposed to do; projects are void of learning value; basically that they’re a royal pain in the rear.
Tell me, parents and teachers, what’s your take on projects?
