Kizz
January 30, 2007 at 9:29 am
I’d also like to know what it is about us that when I heard the failing story I immediately blamed it on the teacher/school (how did he get where he is without passing, why weren’t they helping him?) and you immediately blamed it on the student (why did he choose to fail over and over and why is he looking forward to it again?). We could both be right, there’s nothing in the story that indicates either way, we both jumped to conclusion, but why did we jump to such polarly opposite ones?
“I didn’t jump to conclusions. I took a small step, and there conclusions were.”
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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nhfalcon
January 28, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Maybe this says something about me and my qualifications (or lack thereof) as a teacher, but are you a teacher or a drill sergeant? It is your job to do everything you can to impart knowledge, not motivate a bunch of lazy-ass time wasters. If some of your “learners” – and I use that term loosely, based on what I’ve read about this bunch – choose not to absorb that knowledge, then that’s their fault and their problem, not yours. They’re in college now, not grammar school. They’re supposedly adults. If they choose to fail, then fail ‘em. It’s their money (or more than likely Mommy’s and Daddy’s) they’re wasting, not yours.
I could understand your concerns if they were grammar or junior high students, maybe even high school students, but these are allegedly mature adults – let ‘em deal with the consequences of their actions.
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