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 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:07 pm
today i wrote my english teacher a letter because i could tell i disappointed him. i think he will appreciate it, he seemed surprised when i came into his room to give it to him.
his class is extremely enjoyable, i learn so much every day. he is funny and laid-back. sometimes too much and i can tell it frustrates him because people take advantage of him.
who is your favorite teacher and why?
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:48 pm
I miss having teachers. Lecturers and tutors aren't quite the same.
My favourite subject this semester (Organisations, Ethics and Society) has the best tutor (and lecturer, too, actually) I've had since I started university. He's one of those people who can direct a group really well; he gets everybody participating and discussing. You come away from the tute having covered all of the questions in depth and with a good set of notes.
The best teachers I had make you like the subject. So many people kept studying French because of our teacher. It's hard to know what it was that worked. I think they genuinely cared. Kids had respect for them and you felt like you were actually learning or improving. It meant people didn't stuff around so much.
I had one teacher who was straight out of uni. She told us she was only teaching for the money, so she could go back and study. She wanted us to call her by her first name and she didn't really put in the effort to know what she was teaching. We could all tell she didn't want to be there, so no one paid any attention and behaviour just went from bad to worse.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:22 pm
I had a few teachers who seemed to not want to be there, and they really were the worst.
My favorite teachers were the demanding ones. They didn't take s**t from no one (and kids are always trying to give teachers s**t). I also had a ton respect for the ones who knew their subject inside and out. You could ask them a question outside of the content you were learning and they had the answer, or they knew how to get the answer. My Philosophy 101 teacher freshman year was one of my favorites, because even though he was teaching in a lecture hall of over 100 kids, he was captivating, and his love of the subject came through so strongly as he was speaking. It almost made me change majors.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:20 pm
Lea Fealith I had a few teachers who seemed to not want to be there, and they really were the worst. My favorite teachers were the demanding ones. They didn't take s**t from no one (and kids are always trying to give teachers s**t). I also had a ton respect for the ones who knew their subject inside and out. You could ask them a question outside of the content you were learning and they had the answer, or they knew how to get the answer. My Philosophy 101 teacher freshman year was one of my favorites, because even though he was teaching in a lecture hall of over 100 kids, he was captivating, and his love of the subject came through so strongly as he was speaking. It almost made me change majors. Class sizes is such a frustrating issue. Most of my lectures have 100 - 200 people. My university just seems to be increasing them, and it's showing in the rankings. I suppose it doesn't matter too much when you study something like accounting, but I can sure tell the difference in my management lectures. The worst thing is, that most people I know don't even care. Apathetic business students. mad
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