hair-pulling frustration

[Richmond]

On 11/12/2014 04:25 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> 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.

I have parents who ask me how long it will take me to get through a 
textbook, and I
always tell them I don't know . . . because pupils are all different and 
one must work at the rate that is best for the slowest.

Richmond.

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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.
>>
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