Makes me think of the (Chinese?) proverb that I share with students:
Teachers open the door but you have to walk through yourself.
Andi
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jessica L. Collett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:19 am
Subject: TEACHSOC: Help: the emotions of teaching
>
> I agree with Sarah. I teach to the people who want to be taught. I
> usuallyinclude a few words of wisdom, wake-up calls, or something
> fun to engage those
> who didn't try the first time around, but the results are usually
> small.
> However, I don't think that the poor showing on the quiz is a bad
> thing. An
> early evaluation of the work that students are putting in is good
> and could
> serve to get some of them into gear. I'd suggest handing them out,
> stressingthat the two of you (and perhaps others) are there to meet
> with to discuss the
> quiz or strategies for doing well in the class. Sure, there will
> still be way
> too many who don't do the work and who don't seem to care, but
> there will be
> some who appreciate the early messages about the keys to doing well
> in the
> class. I realize that's not an emoiton strategy, but I always feel
> betterknowing I've given them the opportunity and it's up to them
> to take me up on
> it or not.
>
> ~Jessica
>
> Jessica L. Collett, M.A.
> Department of Sociology
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, Arizona 85721-0027
> http://www.members.cox.net/~jessica.collett
> --
> "Creativity is to intellectual life what speed is to sport. You
> can't teach or
> train it. You can only try to stay out of its way." ~ Henry A. Walker
>
>
>
>
>
> Quoting "Del Thomas, Ph D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Sarah,
> > What is the work?
> >
> > Del
> >
> > Sarah Murray wrote:
> >
> >> In just 3 semesters of adjuncting, I've toughened up on the
> issue of
> >> those who do no work. I reach out to them consistently, but
> really
> >> pin my hopes on the ones who work diligently -- even if some of
> them
> >> have less innate skills -- and draw my inspiration only from them.
> >> After trying to accommodate the non-workers again and again
> >> (numerous personal, upbeat communications; extra, fun
> assignments;
> >> referral to special services), usually to absolutely no avail, I
> >> realized that it would be doing them no favor whatsoever to
> shield
> >> them from the reality of the world: that those who do nothing,
> often
> >> get nothing. They'll either change on their own, after a bit of
> >> nudging from teacher, or they won't.
> >> The workers seem to far exceed the non-workers anyway -- and
> some
> >> are super-hard workers!
> >> Sarah Murray
> >> WPUNJ
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> *From:* Marty Schwartz <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> *To:* teachsoc <mailto:[email protected]>
> >> *Sent:* Friday, January 13, 2006 7:13 AM
> >> *Subject:* TEACHSOC: Help: the emotions of teaching
> >>
> >> Folks: Another request for help.
> >>
> >> My graduate assistant just made up her first quiz, and did a
> >> fabulous job. In fact, by agreement it was very easy, and
> really>> there was not much excuse for getting less than 9 out
> of 10
> >> (especially since there were 11 questions with a maximum score
> >> possible of 10). She was pretty proud of both the quiz, and
> >> conning me into letting her give a first quiz that
> guarantees a
> >> high score to anyone who does the work.
> >>
> >> But, of course, in a class of 100 there were a great many
> people>> who didn't do the work, and scores ranged down to a
> low of 3. If
> >> an infinite number of monkeys ...... She is feeling bad about
> >> how really hard we are working this term (I am too old for
> this),>> and that so many students didn't do any work (can you
> guess that
> >> SHE graduated with a 3.9??).
> >>
> >> So, the Sociology of Teaching Emotions. Does anyone have any
> >> advice/experiences to share/ etc. on this issue? How do you
> deal>> with feeling bad that students aren't doing the work? I
> have a
> >> meeting of teaching interns, and I have promised them that
> we will
> >> have a full session on this topic, incorporating your views.
> >>
> >> Thanks for helping out.
> >>
> >> Marty
> >>
> >> Martin D. Schwartz
> >> Professor of Sociology
> >> Ohio University
> >>
> >> 119 Bentley Annex
> >> 740.593.1366 (voice)
> >> 740.593.1365 (fax)
>
>
>
>
