Comments on: Learning on the job — at McDonald’s http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-on-the-job-at-mcdonalds Dave Ferguson's interests, ideas, notions, tangents Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:54:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/179/comment-page-1#comment-4880 Dave Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:44:34 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/179#comment-4880 Years ago, I had a part-time job as a teacher in a program for adults who were returning for a "regular" diploma (not a GED). My students were in their mid to late 20s. All had disliked high school and had gone to work. Now they wanted the credential that in some cases blocked advancement, or wanted to correct some deficits (like atrocious spelling, a hard thing to fix at 27). I thought at the time it would have been good to have some midpoint between straight through 16 years of school and the rough road most of them had traveled. What that is, I have no idea. I'm not crazy about the idea of McDonald's granting diplomas (by whatever name), though if it were, say, associate's degrees, I think I'd feel less leery. So maybe I'm worried (or fretting) about a younger, possibly more vulnerable group. Years ago, I had a part-time job as a teacher in a program for adults who were returning for a “regular” diploma (not a GED). My students were in their mid to late 20s. All had disliked high school and had gone to work. Now they wanted the credential that in some cases blocked advancement, or wanted to correct some deficits (like atrocious spelling, a hard thing to fix at 27).

I thought at the time it would have been good to have some midpoint between straight through 16 years of school and the rough road most of them had traveled. What that is, I have no idea.

I’m not crazy about the idea of McDonald’s granting diplomas (by whatever name), though if it were, say, associate’s degrees, I think I’d feel less leery. So maybe I’m worried (or fretting) about a younger, possibly more vulnerable group.

]]> By: Janet Clarey http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/179/comment-page-1#comment-4878 Janet Clarey Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:16:49 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/179#comment-4878 Couple things come to mind... McPloma NCLB (no cheeseburgers left behind) Couple things come to mind…
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NCLB (no cheeseburgers left behind)

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