what's the point of teaching if they don't wanna learn?
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- mrock
argh!!!
- Witt0
The point is to allow you to give up, like I did.
- Llyod0
it's sort of like dating...you go up to a huundred women and ask them if they want to fuck. it's guaranteed that one will say yes. teaching is like that.
- jonatne0
no kid left behind
- matteranitmatter0
let them watch documentaries
remind them you are them sent from the future telling them if they won't learn anything they will have a hard time later. pretend to be one of your students sent back in time to warn him he should study if not ...
what do you teach?
- OSFA0
Sex Ed
- mrock0
flash.
- marchelo0
Teaching/Leaning What, and at what level?
- mrock0
especially if it's project based. Maybe I need to step back?
- mg330
Dude, kids hate authority, and I read it in a book.
- mrock0
just simple animations within a timeline environment...
- mrock0
you mean kids now? I guess things have changed from the .com era
- mia_free0
what are you teaching, exactly?
- sherman0
each kid learns differently, try honing in on a couple of kids, learn about them and see how what way you can get through to them. find out what they want to learn and get out of the program. some kids just cant be helped but there might be some that want to learn.
ps - i have no idea what im talking about
- mrock0
I think my biggest pet peave is then playing with they're iphone whiel we're having a meeting. Man I almost blew my top...
- mrock0
this kid is over 20's years old... You'd think he'd have some clue...
- d_rek0
Are we talking at a university or highschool level?
- designbot0
Are you an instructor at NAU?
Love that song.
- d_rek0
I've seen my instructors in the undergraduate program i was in ask kids/people to leave their classes for underperforming and not participating in simple, day-to-day activities like critiques and discussion. It's really a waste of their money and time (yours too) to have kids like that in class. Not to mention they are usually distracting when they have outbursts or complain about doing the simple things that everyone else is willing to do/learn.
- I've seen them do it kindly (and not so kindly) too. Guess it depends on the level of your frustration.d_rek
- ukit0
How do I reach these kids?