As I pulled into the parking lot of my gym this morning, I noticed that they had posted a sign stating that they were looking to hire parking attendants. This struck me as odd. I thought to myself, "Why would a gym need valets?" I figured I had misinterpreted the sign. So I went in, and the gentleman at the desk confirmed that they were indeed hiring valets. Am I missing something? We have the motivation and energy to get our butts to the gym and workout for an hour or so, but we can't walk from our cars. There is something wrong with that picture!
It made me think about the curriculum that I am critiquing for class...PE and Health. These teachers really have an up hill battle to get kids today to understand what a healthy lifestyle is and to embrace that lifestyle. Look at the situation...Health conscious people going to workout but still too lazy to walk a couple hundred feet to get into the building. How do the teachers fight all the negative examples? Does this example qualify as unintended curriculum that the students are exposed to?
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That's a funny and oh-so-true example of how our work is undermined all the time. I'm an English teacher who has thought a lot about this with my subject. Almost everything that they learn in class is almost instantly undermined the second they leave and hear "Me and him have detention" or a million other examples. Hard for us to fight that, but very frustrating.
I share your views on this subject. There are so many contradictions to what we teach on a daily basis that it feels as if we are fighting a never-ending uphill battle. As a language arts teacher who strongly emphasizes the importance of grammatically correct speech, I feel I like I am always re-teaching what I taught the day before. This may be due in part to the incorrect speaking patterns of the people in their environment outside of school. The lack of support for what is being taught in the classroom can make teaching a very complex task.
That was a great example of how the class is making us aware of the overall curriculum.
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