At 8:19 AM -0500 11/2/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 11/2/2001 5:07:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>Payam, and I ask with all due respect, why are you in the classroom? Is
> that where you truly want to be? Is it your place to be?
>
> So much for "all due respect." To insinuate that someone is not really
>committed to teaching based on the expression of some frustration and
>seeking of assistance with the challenging problems we all face in
>motivating students is condescending and insulting. At best, it is not at
>all helpful.
Nancy--
I don't think that follows.
One can be 'committed' to teaching in the abstract but still lack some of
the necessary skills and prerequisite behaviors for the actual task.
Ms. Heidary's posts seem as much a complaint about students ("Give me a
better grade of students...") as they are a request for help.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
* http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html *
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