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Student "edition" found at {csi dot journalspace dot com}.

Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on.

Some interesting stories cropping up about the student-teacher interaction this term.

There are seniors who failed a subject (major, obviously) for the first time.

One's in computer science and the other is in engineering. For CS, the teacher was a full-time faculty member who knew the student's considerable software abilities. I don't know though if there was a clash of egos between the two of them beacuse of this.

But I am sure that on the side of the teacher there is documentation of the student's effor to back her up which prevents the student from complaining and trying to plead his case.

For the engineering student, it was a part-time teacher who failed him - a laboratory equipment salesman who lives nearby and whose child studies in the Integrated School. This teacher gave the student the premise that the passing cut off had already been lowered from 65 to 60% to minimize the number of those failing.

I don't know if that teacher is familiar with the student's aiming for honors, or of his scholarship status, and if that was taken into consideration.

In another situation, the first teacher I mentioned earlier had no choice but to fail a student she was chummy with (and even gave her a stuffed toy - the student gave the teacher, I mean).

The student is good with the hands on projects, but apparently returns her exam papers blank. There is also the fact that it's the father who seems to want her to continue with Computer Science, already having transferred from another CS school where she may have be become ineligible. Will history repeat itself?

And I know she's already gotten that result in more than one subject. In the other, the teacher is seriously considering asking her to switch majors.

More stories next time, which may be tomorrow, or may be on the third day of the new year.

Session 1457 may be showing the parents subtly what major isn't suitable. Class dismissed.

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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Don't Want to Be Sad for Christmas Read/Post Comments (0) Share on Facebook		2006-12-21 9:57 AM Failure on the Part of the Student and On the Part of the Teacher Student "edition" found at {csi dot journalspace dot com}. Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on. Some interesting stories cropping up about the student-teacher interaction this term. There are seniors who failed a subject (major, obviously) for the first time. One's in computer science and the other is in engineering. For CS, the teacher was a full-time faculty member who knew the student's considerable software abilities. I don't know though if there was a clash of egos between the two of them beacuse of this. But I am sure that on the side of the teacher there is documentation of the student's effor to back her up which prevents the student from complaining and trying to plead his case. For the engineering student, it was a part-time teacher who failed him - a laboratory equipment salesman who lives nearby and whose child studies in the Integrated School. This teacher gave the student the premise that the passing cut off had already been lowered from 65 to 60% to minimize the number of those failing. I don't know if that teacher is familiar with the student's aiming for honors, or of his scholarship status, and if that was taken into consideration. In another situation, the first teacher I mentioned earlier had no choice but to fail a student she was chummy with (and even gave her a stuffed toy - the student gave the teacher, I mean). The student is good with the hands on projects, but apparently returns her exam papers blank. There is also the fact that it's the father who seems to want her to continue with Computer Science, already having transferred from another CS school where she may have be become ineligible. Will history repeat itself? And I know she's already gotten that result in more than one subject. In the other, the teacher is seriously considering asking her to switch majors. More stories next time, which may be tomorrow, or may be on the third day of the new year. Session 1457 may be showing the parents subtly what major isn't suitable. Class dismissed. Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top