On Learning

[feraldolce]

I realize that I'm at work and should probably be busting racists, but my partner is out of town, so I get to do a motherload of research. One of the first things we're meant to do before we start is check the news. If we're working in NY, living in Los Angeles means I don't know what their local news is like, their weather, their power outages or

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[ronsard]

This attitude toward teaching is exactly the reason that I get up every morning for the slow, grinding death march to academic oblivion. Thank you, teacher guy, thank you.

Versace would make a great first name, come to think of it. I won't be at Expo (boo, I would so buy hooker!you) but me and my-twice-as-bitchy-IRL ass also want to know how ALB ends. Where can I get that arranged?

[lostkeyword]

“Sorry kids, you are not the authority in the classroom. Me Teacher. You student. Me Teach , you learn. End of discussion . . . Education is not a business. You are not my customer. My classroom is not Burger King. You do not get to ‘have it your way.’”

My first thought was - that guy is a really great teacher. Because that's actually a perfect conclusion about everything you really need to know, maybe the most important lesson someone could ever teach their students. You do not get to ‘have it your way.’ Because that's the problem about children and the difference between being naive and being realistic. the world doesn't wait for you. it doesn't even know you exist. yet.On of my best teachers used to say when we were all staring longingly out of the window, seeing the university students hanging out in the castle park "I don't learn this. I already know it. If you want to surpass anyone, starting with me, you should know more than I do

[lostkeyword]

PART II

[feraldolce]

the example you've given about a teacher and the one that offered that burger king statement are at opposite ends of the spectrum. why you see it differently, i don't know, but you're passage in german speaks to almost exactly what i'm saying in this post. if you want to love an asshole who doesn't actually care about teaching, that's on you... but it also negates what the passage in german says: the asshole doesn't care about tour group duty; he cares about lecturing, and those who get it, get it. he makes no effort to really teach a student and instead merely talks at him

[lostkeyword]

Yeah, but the thing about the passage in German was... it's not really irony - well, you can't really express the tone in English, the language just isn't meant to... but to be that person is pretty much impossible. It's what people think a teacher should be... but it's a ridiculous task

[lostkeyword]

Whoops, I meant: I actually do believe that being genuine doesn't work without being absolutely integer and thus being strict in every way.

[chassant_ame]

Too bad I won't be there :) I would totally be a lurker! Are you going to finish writing LB? I'm pretty curious as to how it ends, but if you're going to write it, I'd rather read.