Re:Teaching isn’t about managing behavior
by gnicholas on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:19AM
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The WTC story reminded me of what happened in one of my college classes that day. I was in a linguistics class on syntax and the teacher was diagramming sentences. It was around 11 AM ET, and students were aware that the towers had fallen. The teacher was annoyed by the students who were whispering in the back of the smallish classroom, so she diagrammed the following sentences:
• The students were talking in the class.
• It annoyed the teacher that the students were talking in the class.
After class she learned what had happened and sent an apology email to everyone (and cancelled the next class). My guess is that she had been prepping class all morning and hadn't read any news.
• The students were talking in the class.
• It annoyed the teacher that the students were talking in the class.
After class she learned what had happened and sent an apology email to everyone (and cancelled the next class). My guess is that she had been prepping class all morning and hadn't read any news.