Re: Warranty
June Kitzman (ki1634ju@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 04 Dec 1998 19:27:58 -0700 (MST)
It is sad.. Especially when you get to the University Level and the
instructor wants to gear the student to their thoughts on literature and
if you disagree you don't get that "A"
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 Speirlow@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/1/98 11:40:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Kidneyboy@aol.com writes:
>
> << I'm glad to proclaim that after 4 years of grueling (hah) high school
> existance I have always abhored the use of Cliff's Notes...praise me, praise
> me(the sad part is a grade tends to be better when you use them to answer
> subjective (irony, insert laugh) questions...the sad sad state of high school
> reality). >>
>
> I think it's sad that students tend to learn for tests instead of actually
> understanding concepts. I know for about 2 years of my high school career I
> simply memorized information and wrote it down on the test not knowing exactly
> what I was suppose to learn. My history teacher last year was one of those
> teachers that you just have to it back and say, "Wow. He's a real teacher.
> One that actually cares about students learning and nor just their
> grades...amazing." Anyway, on with my point, he suggested that every teacher
> warranty each student they pass. A warranty that says that they actually
> learned and know the information covered in class. Because if they did not
> learn this information they shouldn't be passed. Last week I read in the
> local paper that some state, Illinios? (I'm not sure what one.) is actually
> going to warranty every student they graduate and will pay for remedial
> classes if they have to take them after high school. I think it's any
> interesting idea. Any thoughts?
>
> Morgan
>