Saturday, May 16, 2015

Just Plain Bill

“Oh ‘Sheet’, another worksheet.”

As a substitute teacher, I've been reintroduced to "worksheets", those pervasive and innocuous parts of the majority of substitute's activities that have been assigned in far too many classrooms.

Having spent more than two decades as a learning and development professional, I don't recall ever running across a "worksheet" in the performance of any meaningful duties, either in the halls of higher education or corporate workplaces. I wonder why?

Plus, invariably some students finish the worksheets before others, and both the substitute teacher and the students are left to their own devices to “fill” the remaining time in class.

I know I'm being just a tad facetious here, but other than a time-filler, the classroom worksheet tends to be a time-waster. Go figure.


Suggestions anyone?

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