That's true Woody about wasting the $$.
Teachers really shouldn't even care if anybody is learning.

They're paying for it, and they should be working hard to learn.

I mean. I'd want students to take something away from my lessons. But there are always a few who couldn't care less anyways.

Well, as a teacher, you would hope that they're learning something.
Otherwise you'd just be up there flapping your gums for no reason.

well, if I was a teacher, I wouldn't allow it because I would care if my students were learning and I wouldn't want to encourage game playing. I would encourage people to discuss what they're learning. I don't like this idea that teachers aren't supposed to care and that the only thing that should encourage a student to listen is the money. the teacher should encourage the student.

I agree, teachers should encourage students to listen and care. And hopefully, if I was a professor, I'd love to be interesting enough that they would care and interact, and I'd try my best. But I know you can't win them all. Even in my most interesting classes with the best discussions and topics, there were always one or two people who just didn't care. What can you do about that? I say, cut your losses and know that at least a majority of the people will take away something from you.


Cause caring too much that everyone needs to like what you say or care about said topic will burn you out real fast. Better to be at least some what realistic mixed with all the optimism.

well, those kids will entertain themselves with or without a laptop. that's what paper is for. at least without laptops, you don't encourage the normally good students to goof off. I know I'd listen more in my class that I hate if we weren't allowed laptops and the teacher is so daft he has no idea we're playing games and talking on the internet.

I know at my uni...Most of the buildings that we had classes had wireless, yes, but were restricted password so the professors were pretty much the only people that had access..... It might be different now. But it wasn't that long ago so who knows. Places like the library, the student center, and other main meeting areas had internet access for all...... But not really the other buildings

we have wireless and no passwords or blocked sites. there didn't used to be wireless in all the buildings but slowly they're putting it in all of them.

Well, the don't do anything like block sites. It's a college.

there are apparently colleges that block sites though. I was talking to someone the other day who was blown away that I could be on Menewsha in class. like they'd never even heard of such a thing.

So they have wireless in all the dorms too?

I suppose they would...

no student would stay here if they didn't.

I never even thought about it...
But it makes sense.

how would people do homework or check their email for class updates without it?

yah. no access in your dorm would be pointless. it's where i did the vast majority of my work

especially since we don't have 24/7 computer access anywhere on campus. have to use laptops for everything.

Sometimes they are learning and you can't tell. I know this from experience.

Heh. Yes. I never spoke up in one of my classes...mostly since one guy always talked and talked till the professor cut him off. But I chatted with that professor all the time outside of class, got extra books and articles to read for fun on the subjects....and I got a perfect grade. She made a point of marking it as an A+ too. I was flabbergasted....but I guess she knew my real enthusiasm about it all inspite of my quiet in-classness.

I taught Sunday school and the kids were always crazy. I usually ended lessons early so they could go outside and blow off steam. I didn't think they were getting anything. Found out, at least one of the kids was cause he talked to his friends about what he learned in Sunday school.

Awww, that's cute. I like to teach the youngest kid I nanny about stuff along the way. We were talking about evolution and natural selection one day, and then all about volcanoes last week. :) And I always liked doing nature hikes with the kids I worked with at camp for that same reason. Point out all the cool things we'd come across.

changed my outfit :D

Woody, I suppose that the kids parent's aren't too religious then, I assume? I don't know if a deeply religious family would want natural selection and evolution taught to their kids >.> Least I can't imagine that they would XD

For me.. the answer is.... space... mhmm... lol

Nice outfit Xurxo

Hey Zephi!

And yah no. No. His parents are conservative(in that rich person liberal/conservative way), but they aren't religious. His older brother is the science-y math one, and is seriously intelligent. I mean, subscribes to Physics Quarterly and does model UN for fun. So he and I talk science all the time. But, the younger kid is a bit more lax study wise....so I like making it a bit more fun for him. He was asking me why birds like ostriches, penguins, or chickens had wings, but couldn't fly.

Yeah, if I wanted to get on the computer, I had to go to the Engineering building, sit at the keypunch, make my stack of cards, and then turn it in at the window.

The next day you'd go to pick up your cards and the listing to see if your program worked.

yeah, we all know that computers weren't common products when you were in school, Jean. :P