tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760529566070743404.post4138695755112483940..comments2013-03-04T19:46:44.486-05:00Comments on The Goddess Professor Speaks: Attempting to Open Eyes...Goddess Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189021197877612499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760529566070743404.post-48093277643550245992013-03-04T19:46:44.486-05:002013-03-04T19:46:44.486-05:00So true. They are SO very alarmed when in the fir...So true. They are SO very alarmed when in the first weeks of class I drill in their head that they should burn and/or toss in the ocean most of the rules they've learned up to now.<br /><br />I had a nightmare the other night that I'd been sent to a large auditorium of because of some infraction I had broken. It was a weird sort of purgatory wherein I felt like a student but I still had my current degrees. Anyway, I'm flipping through this handbook I was given in order to learn how to do better once I return to the class, and the entire handbook was about students sitting quietly and obeying the teacher. The student and teacher in me stared at this book and wondered, "what kind of hell IS this? If this auditorium of reform is merely teaching the students to sit and obey, what are we really teaching them?" <br /><br />ODD, nightmarish dream that is too close to reality for too many students.Goddess Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189021197877612499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760529566070743404.post-34343047472550487952013-02-09T10:08:36.804-05:002013-02-09T10:08:36.804-05:00I know exactly what you mean. My students often j...I know exactly what you mean. My students often just blink repeatedly when I tell them I'm less concerned with "correct grammar" or even worse--proper margin width--than that they are taking risks and willing to make mistakes but THINKING...seems like all we teach them is to follow rules and be afraid of breaking them for "losing points."Love, (ME) Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690477265062314787noreply@blogger.com