As an educator, I am often baffled and bewildered by students who feel as though they are owed all of the work of instructors; meaning the instructor should do all of the work, while the student merely sits and absorbs information and knowledge.
As if one could learn by osmosis!
I currently teach adults. And, the funny thing is the adults are no better than the young people I instructed when I was a public school math instructor. Since, they are "customers," they are under the delusion that they are owed something.
Well, in the course I teach, the only thing I will ever owe a student......is a thorough and RIGOROUS educational experience. Like exercise, I believe no pain...No gain!!! Learning is NOT a spectator-sport. Students have to put in the time and the effort. Otherwise, the only thing they will get out of it is wasted time and more WASTED TIME!!!
Learning is I-N-T-E-R-A-C-T-I-V-E!!!!!
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I am an educator. I went to university to become an accountant and EVOLVED into a mathematician. A mathematical educator, as it were. As a public servant (read...public school educator), I have wondered ALOUD for what are we preparing the students of today?
