Standards for Classrooms????

At a time when teacher evaluation and student performance is being debated; I think it is time to look at the classroom standards teachers hold themselves too, so says Anthony Culocci. I read this article and felt the immediate need to post and share the link, so you can read and decide on your own if what he is saying is true. LINK I for one think he is right on point with many of the things he feels are vitally important. Yet, I know there are standards that the state and feds will  hold all accountable for as they relate to student / teacher performance. But these are the kinds of "core values" or "core concepts" all students need to show mastery of regardless of what academic/ life path they choose. These seem somewhat common sense to many and also assumed by many to be taking place in the classroom already, but clearly they are not. These new generations of students have been taught they can "be" and "do" anything they want to "be or do;" without being taught the consequences, accountability, responsibility, sacrifice, education, and dedication it takes to achieve those goals. These students are being set up for disappointment and failure; they may even blame others like parents and teachers for their lack of achieving their goals. After all, if you have never been held accountable "it must be someone else fault." I do agree that many people can "do and be" whatever they choose, but you cannot achieve what you do not dedicate yourself to do. I agree with Anthony particularly on bullets 2,3,and 4, all students will be citizens, either taxpayers or tax consumers, not all students will be rocket scientists, all students need to responsible and accountable for their choices, and there is no substitute for hard work, I do not mean manual labor, I mean hard work where maximum effort is given even if minimal return is the outcome. I hope you read this article and find that as much as somethings change there are at the core of teaching somethings that should not. Please let me know what you think...