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Archive for July, 2007

Critical Thinking Gone Awry

Posted in College, Education, Students, Teaching on Jul 29th, 2007 17 Comments »

I can’t help but shake my head in disgust at the attitudes of some teachers. Here’s a wonderful example: in response to my last post, Sven wrote,
I dunno…some of this IS pretty bitchy. If I may offer a couple of cliches by which I try to live in dealing with students: pick your battles, [...]

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I Am Such a Bitch

Posted in Education, English, Students, Teaching on Jul 8th, 2007 36 Comments »

More and more, I am faced with students who are certain their failures are my fault or out of their control due to a variety of stumbling blocks the world sets out as a means to foil their otherwise responsible intentions.
Many of my students have been conditioned to believe that if they don’t like something, [...]

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