So, I've been getting what I am sure will be a host of panicky post
Turkey Day, end of the semester messages from students asking how many points
this counts, whether undone assigns will effect the grade, could they do extra
work to get extra points to improve their grades, how much does this and that
count. And, as I came out from my Thanksgiving caloric coma, those questions,
as well as others like them, got me to thinking how "thingified" education has
become. The problem is that if people are "trained" only to pass tests, focus
on points, and be concerned only with grades and scores on exams, then it's
very hard to imagine how they will become imaginative, creative, and
independent thinkers and doers.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier
http://therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/
Department of History
http://www.newforums.com/Auth_L_Schmier.asp
Valdosta State University www. halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
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