Someone at the Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Traverse City came up to me towards the end of the conference. She asked me, "My brain is bursting with everything I've heard. I'm trying to make sense from a bunch of different voices on different thing. Simply it for me. Can you tell me that one thing I should know about good teaching that makes sense of all this?'
I looked her with a feeling I was just blind-sided with an unannounced pop-quiz, "One thing? That ties together all the sessions? Am I cooking up a reduction sauce for teaching?" She smiled, "I'm serious. Help me. One thing! One thing I can take away with me from this conference." I thought for a bit, then answered, "'Good enough' is not good enough." Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org<http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/> Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.com<http://www.therandomthoughts.com/> Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ (O) 229-333-5947 /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13188 or send a blank email to leave-13188-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
