Re: Kids, these days ...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "Erik Cecil" <erik.cecil () gmail com>
> Date: November 12, 2008 3:49:12 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Kids, these days ...
>
> So where is the study of what teachers expect of students, which
> study, of course, is written by students?   More deeply, so what?
> This is true of every generation, none moreso than that of the
> teachers back when they were students and a preceding  generation
> taught them.   Here's a thought: how about a collaborative study by
> teachers *and* by students OF teachers *and* students to find better
> ways to teach and to learn relative to present circumstances?   In
> this regard, perhaps an old Buddhist saying might serve as the an
> anchoring principle: the teacher and the student, together, create the
> teaching.
>
> On 11/11/08, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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> > From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> > Date: November 11, 2008 7:28:05 AM EST
> > To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
> > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Kids, these days ...
> >
> > [Note:  This item comes from reader Randall.  DLH]
> >
> > From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> > Date: November 10, 2008 7:24:03 PM PST
> > To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> > Subject: Kids, these days ...
> >
> > <http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=946910>
> >
> > Most university students believe that if they're "trying hard," a
> > professor should reconsider their grade.
> >
> > One-third say that if they attend most of the classes for a course,  
> > they
> > deserve at least a B, while almost one-quarter "think poorly" of
> > professors who don't reply to e-mails the same day they're sent.
> >
> > Those are among the revelations in a newly published study examining
> > students' sense of academic entitlement, or the mentality that
> > enrolling in post-secondary education is akin to shopping in a store
> > where the customer is always right.
> >
> > The paper describes academic entitlement as "expectations of high
> > marks for modest effort and demanding attitudes toward teachers."
> >
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