Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Sue
And now teachers have sexual harassment to contend with. Believe me, some of the
students
(ones that really don't want to study, it seems) are aware of this and try to use it to
their advantage at the college level. Probably is true at high school level too.
Part of the talking back may be the result of the shift in teaching to developing an
active
student in classroom rather than a passive student. What is intended to be a good
thing has
its negative consequences when students feel they can use this to be spiteful and nasty
rather than becoming active learners. Also there is the trend to have the power
relationship more equal so students are encouraged not to use titles (college) etc.
Most
students call me by my first name--this automatically leads to a more open feeling of
saying
what you want, rather than being more tactful because of the authority disparity. For
some
of us, it is not a problem because we are able to work with it to our advantage most
of the
time--but for others it is really difficult. The biggest problem is how to achieve a
balance between respect for our position and our person vrs establishing a good
mentoring
relationship. Anyone who figures out how to do that should get the Nobel prize.
jackief
Sue Hartigan wrote:
> Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi Jackie:
>
> I was raised the same way. Although my teachers were very important,
> they were not the ones who instilled my values or anyone elses, that I
> can remember.
>
> I know up until the day both my mom and dad died, I still would not have
> dared to *talk back* to either of them. Not that I was afraid of them,
> it just wasn't done.
>
> And to talk back to a teacher, geeze, heaven help me if I had even tried
> to do that.
>
> But now the kids not only talk back, they get down and out nasty and
> belligerent, to the point where the teachers are afraid of some of them.
>
> And they can be very rude, without any compassion, and just plain mean
> to kids who are in the least bit different.
>
> Not all of the kids of course, but there are quite a few.
>
> Sue
> >
> > Hi Sue
> >
> > Couldn't help thinking about how I was raised. My mom always insisted that
>everyone
> > should be treated with dignity and respect and that we should defend those that
>didn't
> > have the things we had--good health, mental capabilities, etc. No wonder they
>used to
> > call me Joan of Arc at school. Sometimes now it makes me wonder what some have
>been
> > taught when they were growing up. No matter what they are taught in school,
>teachers
> > are not the most significant socializers in the child's life usually.
> >
> > jackief
> >
>
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> 2.
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