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Voices from the Classroom. Stories from NEA Members on NCLB

Marie Smavely
High School Teacher
Rhame
Bowman, North Dakota

"We're trying to make everybody alike, but not everybody learns the same way , at the same point. And that's the thing. It feels like everybody is being shoved into a mold.

"Everything is becoming prescribed. You have to stay with the curriculum so everybody is doing the same thing. It takes the creativity out of teaching, and that's a sad thing because we are not in an exact science. Not every kid is alike, and not every teacher is alike. So when you cut out the creativity, it is a very, very sad thing."


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