Comments from the class I visited on 9/26/2008:
–I have a problem interpreting what exactly is said and remembering in verbal and auditory issues– I am a little distracted sometimes –I often have trouble finding the correct words to say what I mean –I have a poor memory for name-face connection –I need visual, auditory, and touch information to clearly get across the point –From when I was little I had a speech problem and it manifests itself. I’m able to hear that which you say but it can’t be understood by me.
I would really like for my teachers to know for me to write papers that it is hard write my essay for me. The time it takes some individuals x3 may be the time it requires us to write that is not editing time that is including. All of the knowledge I have was not obtained by writing responses but by reading class notes and some regarding the textbooks. Writing can be of importance in education and communication not at the expense of not learning the proper answers to the questions that have been posed so that the student must research the answers and also other classes.
Despite the known undeniable fact that once I graduate i am going to owe > $25,000 in student loans which have taken care of my education, personally i think that which has taught me the absolute most is really what I actually get paid to do … teach. I continue to pump so money that is much this university to take classes which, at this stage in my own education, are irrelevant to life not in the classroom. Why do we pay so much for irrelevant knowledge?
Response to the video: 1. Sobering, enlightening, revealing, insightful what i would like my teachers to learn about me as a learner 2. to learn that I’m able to think, I have ideas, that I want to be engaged, I would like to be engaged with the topic and issues in front of you (this class)|as a learner 2. to know that I can think, I have ideas, that I want to be engaged, I want to be involved with the topic and issues at hand (this class)what I want my teachers to know about me. I wish to contribute, play a role, in addressing the presssing issues raised. I want to be a participant in ideas that lead to action and contribute in positive ways. I do want to know that my life has purpose and meaning where my passion and talents can meet real needs.
I’d like them to learn that I am as human as the acheiving that is high. And therefore there are other factors besides laziness that affects grades.
Class discussions help a great deal in order to keep me engaged using the material I work the hardest when my teachers expect a great deal away from me using the material (in a lab or life setting) always helps the material stick, even if it’s just referring to an individual anecdote in class I appreciate being reminded of why the material is relevant.
I learn by making use of the information–not through straight memorization My time is waste that is valuable–don’t
1. They are wanted by me to learn how I learn also to be prepared to meet my needs as a learner. I learn best taking information learned and putting it on. Learning by doing 2. As a graduate student i’d like my professors to continue to produce learning that is authentic assessment experiences. I do want to be able to use the information and learning products in my own career.
1. I would like my teachers to know that I am not a device and that sometimes no matter how hard I try I cannot keep pace with things that are required of me – sometimes my whole system crashes and I also need a “reset.” 2. I would personally like my teachers to understand that We have a life away from school too and therefore bare memorizations and no-stop work will likely not necessarily benefit me in a real-life.
–I feel a whole lot more motivated to learn once the professor exhibits much passion towards the subject matter regardless of class size –I also feel motivated when it appears just as if the professor cares about us learning and doing well it doesn’t matter how hectic my schedule is. –Technology is a sword that is double-edged.
I would like to manage to have the ability to learn where and when i do want to learn. Free us with this medieval method of learning in lecture halls and furiously taking notes we learn in class or read in class is something we will never be able to access in one form or another because it is no longer the case that what. Podcast some classes on the weekends, at night etc so I can listen to them. I do want to find out more effectively, but there’s a disconnect b/w you and me.
Even though I attend each of my classes and seem prepared, I never study ahead in my classes and frequently, if you don’t more often than not, cram the night before for an examination. I could start to see the big picture, but I have difficulty seeing the main points that i will be always asked to present during examinations. I hate memorizing. It really is a waste of the time.