Re: Insight please...
William Chinda (wc81@ao.net)
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:46:38 -0400
>When I was unhappy with class, I read and thought sleeping in class was
>for those with minds not likely to wake up for much anyway...maybe this
>post explains one problem with education though...maybe students who think
>they can wait for good teachers may never learn to accept responsisiblity
>for their own learning progress--I Hope Mr. Chinda at least finds some
>good learning on this list, will
>
I kind of agree with what you've said. A large amount of responsibility to
learn does fall on the student. But don't you think it is part of the
teacher's responsibility to get the student to care (especially in the
early years)? I remember in sixth grade, my English teacher made us
memorize poems and recite them in front of the class. We never discussed
the meanings or what might have inspired them. We just memorized them.
Before 11th grade I thought English was just pointless memorization of
meaningless poems and grammar rules.
Thankfully Mr. Salinger helped me out before it was too late
W. Chinda
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