A Weekend Thirsty On Reliance.

I'm Wilma in Wilmington and I have a problem that I'm a bit embarrassed that I'm complaining about.

I'm glad when my students need me. I like when I can actually offer them help and they seek it out.

But I've got a home-schooler in my class this semester who has already worn me out. She's pleasant as all get out and I enjoyed her fierce inquisitiveness when I first started working with her outside of class.

But only three weeks in she's paralyzed about any activity unless I give her a go-ahead. She's grown overly reliant in that short of time. I want her to work on her own, too, not just wait for approval. But so many of my students over the years have been so disengaged from me and the material that it's sort of nice to have this force of nature around. I don't want to encourage her to learn the wrong way, though, and I'm not entirely sure part of my unease is just how tired she makes me!

Q: Do I try to undo this attachment, make her back off, make her do more thinking for herself, or is an educational partnership like this a modern educational path that I just don't know about yet? Should I just enjoy the whirlwind?

What About Teaching Just For the Love Of It?

The Flava:
It's been almost a month since classes started at Virginia State University, but one professor tells 8News, he still has not been paid. The professor alleges other professors are refusing to teach, leaving some students without instructors for some period of time.

"If this is your only source of income, and you are driving back and forth for the services of the kids and you are not being paid, it really isn't that good and you can't take that attitude into the classroom," says the professor who did not want to be identified because he still works at the university.

A university spokesperson acknowledges there are some problems that the school is addressing at this moment. The university says it is working to hire qualified candidates to fill the vacant positions. In the meantime, assistant/associate professors are teaching classes.

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