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He sounds sweet, but there is somet h i n g....wrong?

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How do you do that? Geesh!

Never mind. Figured it out. THANKS!

could be the time limit of TED talk?

Yes. I see the contradiction also, however I do genuinely feel an intrinsically directed life is the most healthy pathway to create.

Could you focus on learning, instead of the test? Focus on mastery instead of performance? Could you start a teaching lesson with a rational of that lesson? Could you provide the students with choice in how they want to learn? Do you know your students at a personal level, how they feel and how their home situation is?. It seems as you are aware of test´s high-stake function. That is a good start. I.e. you will not teach for the test.

Even if you just offer little options here and there so students feel that they have choices helps them to be more engaged in learning. Allow them to choose the methods and means of how they get to the given goal...every student is so different and learns differently so it shouldn't be a "one-size-fits-all" mentality when we design our lessons. Check out the UDL Guidelines (Universal Design for Learning)--this has totally changed my teaching practices. "Optimizing individual choice and autonomy" is one of the guiding principles as well as "vary the methods for response and navigation."

Hey, I've been a youth mentor doing hella tough work in advocating for childhood autonomy with a lot of people, including many who have been outright hostile and vicious. I'll summarize the key points of a strategy I would advise you to try. Working in a public school is one of the worst places to be for respecting childhood autonomy. Fair warning, if you want to make a real difference, your workplace will most likely turn on you. Start by doing thorough research, and taking every conversation on its own. It's just you and that student in that context, and there is a huge amount of "invisible autonomy" that you can help foster by showing them consistent respect for their decisions. Once you've done enough research and micro-experiments to grow as much as you can on your own, start reaching out to staff to discuss changes. Start with those you are closest with or trust the most, especially if they aren't a boss or higher-up authority. Make sure you're on top of your game for clearly defining the most important problems, and providing solutions before they can leap to rejection out of discomfort. If you tempt them with flexible, actual solutions they may just think a bit more open-minded. That stage gets risky, and will make or break your experience. It's most likely that you will spin your wheels in the mud and become a target for being fired. Likely a target for collusion. As soon as you start seeing red flags, applying the philosophy of autonomy to the adults on hand as well, then it's time to look for a better job. Try looking at charter, Montessori, and Waldorf schools. Someone like myself would hate doing that kind of work because it's too much like the school system. But if you have survived public school, the right alternative school can be a lot better. I would encourage you to also look at youth mentorship and case management positions. Make sure you differentiate jobs that are government funded from the private organizations, because government youth positions are often overrun with the worst of the worst violent corruption. Child Protection Services and foster care is statistically a nightmare. You don't want any position that calls you a "social worker" by title. If you get an unconventional youth mentor job, it may be part time at first. Especially if it's truly cutting edge and deeply fulfilling. That kind of position is often run by a nonprofit small community organization that is truly a valuable and enriching asset to the community. It doesn't have the same kind of dead disconnect and unnatural age segregation that public schools have, preventing kids and adults coexisting truly symbiotically in the real world. Anyways, I hope that helps. I'm on the long-term path of opening a youth mentorship organization in the next 3-5 years so I definitely have the skills and experience. Good luck.

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