Re: [nukkad] Exams...

["Anna Morawska" <>]

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Husain wrote:

<Hi Asha...
Lots of teachers in the list... anna for one as well...
Am sure that she can give you some tips on students as well... >

Don't know what more tips I could give. Asha's doing just the right thing. I
wouldn't handle such problems any better.
You know, at times I can't help the feeling that students are a kind of
brainless species. But the moment the red curtain of fury unveils my eyes
[during the years of practice I've learnt to do it as soon as possible] we
talk and their brains prove to be present and sometimes even operative. ; ))

<I remember when I was a student... the most important thing that we
asked for from a teacher was that the teacher should involve the
students.. >

That's fundamental. Otherwise you could just as well send assignments by
post and receive the answers in the same way, without ever meeting your
students.

<atleast take some suggestions regarding any decisions that
affect the students... >

Certainly. Except for some basics that shouldn't be disputable [e.g.
attending classes being necessary for the completion of the course].

<as students, we hated teachers who would just
walk into class.... Give orders and walk out... >

No wonder. I did too.

<also another very important quality that we considered in a teacher
was the ability to discuss... the students should have the freedom
to question what the teacher says...>

Very much so. Students are usually unaware of it but teachers learn a lot
from them. I have, for sure. How do I know they're unaware? Because when I
meet them [i live in a small town and we often meet just in the street] and
tell them, when remembering old school days, they are really surprised.

 < in some way or the other... I'm sure we are all forever students.... >

Agree again. In fact teachers must do much more learning, studying, than
their students.
The student leaves school after four years. The teacher remains there for
much longer and has to learn still new things to teach to new students.
Although my private idea is that a teacher's task is not really to teach but
to show the ways to learn. That's why the teacher's work is fruitless
without the students' co-operation.

Best,

Anna.


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