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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics
Subject: Re: Student preparedness (you know...)
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Date: 20 Dec 88 12:32:43 GMT
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Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
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In article <15895@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (RAMontante) writes:
>>>The way I see it, a teacher simply cannot conduct a course when
>>>there are both "geniuses" and "dead weight" in the same classroom.

>Without getting too deeply into the current discussion, I think I must
>object to the label "dead weight".  They AREN'T "dead weight", they're
>the ones who learn the most slowly.  They're the ones who need the
>*best* teaching.  The "geniuses" may benefit more from good teaching,
>but they don't need it -- they'll learn without being taught, they'll
>learn even in the face of active opposition.

    I agree completely!  Bright students are a pleasure to teach.  They
generally are interested in the course and ask challenging questions.
They do not just sit there and stare at you, waiting for words of wisdom.
But it is the not so bright students who are the real challenge of teaching.
If you can reach them and show them the path to improvement, then and only
then are you *really* a teacher.





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