[lbo-talk] Joanne Barkin: Poverty and USInternationalSchoolRankings

Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 17:59:51 PST 2011


Nice. Well done.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> "Teachers treat students like enemies, and ambush them." Mao
>
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> 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)."
>
> Students hate me for it, but I refuse to do them.
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