Problem is that it's the kids who *aren't* in any of those programs who *really* need them... and no other way to fill that need. And the kids who have similar experiences elsewhere generally benefit from them as well.
Of course, there are all types. It's amazing the variety of responses middle and high school students let loose in the Museum of American History have. I've poked kids in my "teacher voice" to remind them that they're there for a reason, and I *heard* their teacher/chaperone give them an assignment... and other in the same group will be avidly looking at this and that and talking to each other *about what they're seeing* (yeah, it's always a bit of a shock to me too :-) Then there's the ones who always seem to be hanging out outside... and never seems to be an adult who shoos them back inside in the hope that they *might* pick up something from osmosis at least...
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2009-09-12 12:06 am (UTC)Of course, there are all types. It's amazing the variety of responses middle and high school students let loose in the Museum of American History have. I've poked kids in my "teacher voice" to remind them that they're there for a reason, and I *heard* their teacher/chaperone give them an assignment... and other in the same group will be avidly looking at this and that and talking to each other *about what they're seeing* (yeah, it's always a bit of a shock to me too :-) Then there's the ones who always seem to be hanging out outside... and never seems to be an adult who shoos them back inside in the hope that they *might* pick up something from osmosis at least...