[lbo-talk] Joanne Barkin: Poverty and USInternationalSchoolRankings

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Jan 31 17:48:25 PST 2011


"Teachers treat students like enemies, and ambush them." Mao

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Fisher Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:32 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Joanne Barkin: Poverty and USInternationalSchoolRankings

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>wrote:


> Alan Rudy writes:
>>>
>>> I get more and more questions like: "When are you going to
>>>
>>>> put the powerpoints up on Blackboard so I can start to study
>>>> for the test?"
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you give them what they ask for; or is it actually the case that
>>> your PowerPoints have everything needed for the test?
>>>
>>
>> Did you mean to write "do not give them what they ask for?"
>>
>
> No. If they are dumb enough to ask that question, you should give them
the
> "answer" they are looking for, and then you should flunk them when they
fail
> your test. If you teach at a place that also does "evaluations" you
should
> say something like "This is a quarter. Call your mother. Tell her you
will
> never graduate from college."
>
>
This is the same as the incessant request for "study guides," which term is code for "the questions you will ask (preferably along with their answers)."

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