On Fri, 19 May 2006, Robert Greene wrote: > And how did they get out of grammar school and middle school? But what > an opportunity for a sociological discussion of this phenomenon rather > than looking to blame the institutions.
Wouldn't a sociological discussion of this phenomenon avoid blaming students while focusing, instead, on the characteristics of the institutions that produce students who have serious problems in post-high school education? This is not a question of "blame," in my view, but a question of the efficacy of the present educational system in the U.S. ************************************* > >>> GIMENEZ MARTHA E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/19/06 1:29 PM >>> > > I think there are two issues here: > > 1. How to deal with student who write in such appalling fashion - you > were kinder than I would have been :) > > 2. Why do we find this kind of student in our classes? What was the > admissions office doing? What were our colleagues doing? What were > such students doing in high school? And why did high schools let them > graduate? > > Sigh..... > > Martha > > Martha E. Gimenez > Department of Sociology > Campus Box 327 > University of Colorado at Boulder > Boulder, Colorado 80309 > Voice: 303-492-7080 > Fax: 303-492-8878 > ******************* > > > > > On Fri, 19 May 2006, Michael Klausner wrote: > > > I received this e-mail from a student who was in my class last term. I > > replied that the horrendous punctuation, grammar, spelling was not > > appropriate when communicating with anyone except friends, perhaps. > > > > > > > > Even then, it would not be appropriate. Should I have been "harder", > > "easier" on him? > > > > > > > > Comments welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you were right when u said u wanted to see me again ahaha.. i was > > wonderign when ur classes were for fall semester so i can see if i can > > retake ur class.. get back to me when you can > > > > sincerly, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
