tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8617606572745326251..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Allow me to break character. I feel sorry for these students.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79517430952492817372014-10-29T08:24:33.978-04:002014-10-29T08:24:33.978-04:00This sounds a lot like my one-on-one sessions. Had...This sounds a lot like my one-on-one sessions. Had I known it would bite me in the evals, I'd have . . . no, I can't imagine just giving them the answers. And fortunately, I've not gotten flak from the higher-ups on this one issue, but I can imagine it. <br /><br />"You have to meet them where they are," goes their mantra. <br /><br />So how is asking questions to draw from Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81845049579042622342014-10-24T10:44:11.347-04:002014-10-24T10:44:11.347-04:00You, gentle person, are my hero. Thank you. You, gentle person, are my hero. Thank you. Academic Madame Librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43292419742696887082014-10-24T00:07:49.727-04:002014-10-24T00:07:49.727-04:00I had students do that to me at first, but I under...I had students do that to me at first, but I understood their concern because I wasn't much different when I was an undergrad.<br /><br />Unfortunately, though, many of my profs didn't force me to reason my way through a problem as a practicing engineer would probably do it. Several years after I started teaching, I tried a different approach because, some day, they would be working for Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18977756946076058612014-10-23T22:52:15.224-04:002014-10-23T22:52:15.224-04:00This is the exchange I seem to be having more and ...This is the exchange I seem to be having more and more, often by email, with some students. They're still in the minority, but it's hard to know what to say when the answer, at midterm, to "what exactly are you confused by?" is apparently "everything we've covered since the beginning of the term." I'm pretty patient when people have reasonably specific Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38502739323165608422014-10-23T14:25:21.390-04:002014-10-23T14:25:21.390-04:00I find this is happens with a lot of students. The...I find this is happens with a lot of students. They tell me "I don't understand that assignment", I respond with "Okay, what don't you understand I will help you". Their response is "the whole thing." I always tell them I need more clarification, what do they think the assignment is about, what specific topic do they need help with? I find often they don&#Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653265363298375065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23829708314172746062014-10-23T13:11:51.603-04:002014-10-23T13:11:51.603-04:00I had this exact conversation except with an Engli...I had this exact conversation except with an English major who wanted to discuss changes to his current draft. We flitted from topic to topic, never ever finishing a single one. It was like browsing online, flitting from link to link, scanning the headlines, then moving on.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18831782376824933032014-10-23T08:10:01.670-04:002014-10-23T08:10:01.670-04:00Suppose she goes ahead, writes the lab report, sub...Suppose she goes ahead, writes the lab report, submits it, and gets a lousy mark on it. Suddenly, she'll understand *everything* completely and is very focused.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com