Re:My students have paid £9,000 and now they think they own me
by sklogic on Friday December 18, 2015 @12:34PM
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> I am paying for a self-professed expert in pedagogy
Just in case you did not notice, this thread was about the universities, not the nurseries.
A university teacher can be a stuttering weirdo and a jerk, and still be very valuable. Actually, many of the best teachers I know were weirdos and jerks, and it took a lot of effort to extort the knowledge from them.
> If I just wanted a chance to learn, then I could go to the public library.
In many cases that's the best option anyway.
But you'd also need facilities, laboratory equipment, and, most importantly, an access to likely minded people who can share their learning experience with you and bully you into learning more.
> then I will take my money elsewhere
Please do. Stop bothering the university lecturers with your nursery expectations.
> Teacher blames student for failing to grasp their perfect explaination that works perfectly well for themselves.
This is where your argument falls apart. It might be something wrong with the teaching if all of the class is failing, but usually the most vocal complainers are exactly the slackers who are behind the rest of the class, who do not really deserve to be there at all, no matter how much they're paying for it.
Just in case you did not notice, this thread was about the universities, not the nurseries.
A university teacher can be a stuttering weirdo and a jerk, and still be very valuable. Actually, many of the best teachers I know were weirdos and jerks, and it took a lot of effort to extort the knowledge from them.
> If I just wanted a chance to learn, then I could go to the public library.
In many cases that's the best option anyway.
But you'd also need facilities, laboratory equipment, and, most importantly, an access to likely minded people who can share their learning experience with you and bully you into learning more.
> then I will take my money elsewhere
Please do. Stop bothering the university lecturers with your nursery expectations.
> Teacher blames student for failing to grasp their perfect explaination that works perfectly well for themselves.
This is where your argument falls apart. It might be something wrong with the teaching if all of the class is failing, but usually the most vocal complainers are exactly the slackers who are behind the rest of the class, who do not really deserve to be there at all, no matter how much they're paying for it.