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hallawayjoe Andyland 2002-09-18 11:28 PM To be or not to be, that is the infinitive Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Here's ketchup in Bill Murray's eye |
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So now I've been teaching nearly four weeks and I don't have many creative ideas. I'm teaching by the book, keeping the students in the box. Not that I don't want to make the courses more interesting, but I am teaching on short notice and barely keeping ahead of my students in the readings. The text is more relevant to the course than the comp courses at NAU. They finally got a new text at NAU. But overall, the classes are similar in scope. I am sometimes at a loss as what to do with my students, or how to get them interested in the subject matter. In one class the other day, only 11 out of 23 showed up. If it were up to me, I'd assign books such as All Quiet On The Western Front, and Siddartha. Maybe some Ayn Rand... just anything that could spur discussion. Instead... we focus on arguments on current issues, but I am not sure the students are concerned so much with issues. I am not making a statement about apathy, but relevance. War, Religion, Sex, Money, Drugs, Love, and Happiness, these are the issues kids care about... not whether there is too much violence on T.V. Well... I will sign off. I can't think of something funny to say. I am sorry. I won't let it happen again. one thousand pardons Mark Rich too. (Passe tieback to the Clinton Era) |
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