NAPLAN

To all the parents with school age children been educated in Australia, you should of seen your child/ren NAPLAN results this week. 

To readers and/or followers who might not have kids or live overseas, you might not know what NAPLAN is. NAPLAN is a three day test that was introduce in Australia in 2008 for all students to be tested in literacy and numeracy in years 3, 5, 7, and 9 in all Australian schools in both the public and private sector. For further information if you are interested to read, go to www.naplan.equ.au

There might be different stories you hear why NAPLAN is here but personally I feel this test is done to see if teachers are doing their job properly.  Most students aren't happy with them so why do them!  It's not like they will improve in their learning in a hurry. 

At a recent school event I heard a parent commenting to a teacher that is the teacher's responsibility to make sure all students are up to the target of learning.  Actually I do agree with this parent!  Just seeing the teacher's face was priceless! She was kinda lost for words after that comment. I don't think anyone was ready for that one! 

I mean this problem dealing with slow learners was even around when I was at school.  Teachers just don't have the time for slow learners back then and they still don't have the time for them in this century.  Teachers expect the parent to be more the teacher at home.  Why send the kids to school if they aren't going to be educated right at school? I believe if the child is keen to learn, they will do the work.  Also I learnt the more you push the child to learn, the more stubborn the child gets.  

Majority of today's kids don't like going to school because of this reason. It's either the teacher who is the problem, the class who is too restless or bullying happening in the school grounds.