Annie Q Syed » teaching http://annieqsyed.com Trial of Words: Writings and Fragments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:58:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Schools versus Education: what is it that we want to teach? http://annieqsyed.com/2009/09/schools-versus-education-what-is-it-that-we-want-to-teach/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://annieqsyed.com/2009/09/schools-versus-education-what-is-it-that-we-want-to-teach/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:14:19 +0000 annie http://annieqsyed.com/?p=317 I came across this incredible article on education. It really says it all—my entire personal education experience in the United States, then teaching experience, and Master’s coursework (including law school experience) can be summed up in this article below.

Prior to moving to the  United States, Zain and I had been significantly home schooled due to the type of schools that were available in the the small desert town where we lived in the Middle East. All our books were imported from England. However, our homeschooling was without any proper “credentialing” as done in the US. Only when looking back on it do I consider Zain and I as thankful for the homeschooling we received. Initially we felt there must ...]]> http://annieqsyed.com/2009/09/schools-versus-education-what-is-it-that-we-want-to-teach/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/