Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Coping With 'Oy Vey' Students -- This is a mildly interesting (if overly whiny) article about overly-entitled students. I think the comments are more valuable than the actual article since they illustrate how students react to professors' statements and vice versa. One comment from a Wright State University student captures the flavor of that school's student body perfectly: earnest and straightforward but also poorly-written and one-sided. Some people would groan in despair at the student comments, but I find them almost inspiring -- they illustrate just how much these students have to learn and their enormous room for growth in communication and critical thinking skills.