explicit... so explicit

this note was hanging in the entryway of my building this morning.

today i had professional development. i'm not sure what i'm exactly supposed to be developing into, but if it's a disgruntled and irritated teacher, job well done. we had to go to a session on "explicit lesson planning." the presentation went something like this:

"so explicit learning and explicit lesson planning is all about being explicit. you need to be very explicit about what the lesson plan is going to be about, and make sure you say it explicitly. ok here, on this next slide you can see what the definition of explicit learning is-- it's about being explicit in your lesson planning. ok... so we're going to do an activity about what explicit learning is. identify those times when the educator is being explicit. then, we'll regroup and talk about the definition of explicit learning."

BULLET IN MY FACE.

and it lasted 90 minutes. bottom line: explicit learning = turning children into robots. pretty gross stuff. i don't know how i can say that any more explicitly, but i think i explicitly think it's a bunch of *explicative.*