hair-pulling frustration

[Mark Schonewille]

Jacque,

I teach a class for free and if one student doesn't understand one word, 
I spend some extra time with that student to make sure he or she 
understands it. If I didn't do this, I would lose the students one by 
one and in the end I'd be the only one understanding the lesson. So, I 
guess it means I slow down until every student understands all words.

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Mark Schonewille

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On 11/11/2014 22:53, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 11/11/2014, 3:23 PM, Richmond wrote:
>> Several times I have stated that in my opinion RunRev are being swept
>> along into a sort of feature bloat which prevents them
>> from sorting out little 'niggles' in existing features. I se no reason
>> to change that opinion.
>
> Suppose while teaching English, you were not paid by the time you put
> in, but rather by the number of students who learn each word. If you
> teach 10 students and they all learn the word, you get paid for 10 words.
>
> If one student does not learn the word, then you must go back and
> re-teach it until the student understands it. You don't get paid for
> "his" word until that happens.
>
> If 9 of your students learn the word but one does not, would you stop
> introducing new words in class until the one student understands it? Or
> would you re-teach that student on your own time? Or would you just
> postpone it for a while because it affects only one person?
>
> Suppose 6 students don't understand the word. In that case you would
> probably decide to re-teach it during class time because so many
> students are affected. The four remaining students would be idle until
> that is done and may feel you are depriving them of a full education.
>
> Suppose 3 students don't understand it. Where would you draw the line?
> Remember, you get paid by the word.
>