I often talk in my critical thinking course about the internet and weblogs. It seems that a lot of my students feel that weblogging is a waste. The information is untrustworthy, and who cares about someone’s life, it’s just something losers do. Mind you, I’m giving the stronger opinions. Some of my [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 24, 2007
Sag this
There is a movement in Dallas to get youth to stop “saggin’. ” This movement brings about a few questions:
1) Is it your right to wear clothes the way you want, or is this racial profiling?
2) Where did sagging come from anyway?
Those organizing the movement in Dallas say that sagging started in prison [...]
October 23, 2007
work less, complain more
I’ll never understand some of my students. They complain about their grades, what they thought they should have gotten, how much work they put into it. But there’s no effort to meet with me, to finish in class work, to do what they need to do to improve.
Do we live in a society [...]
October 22, 2007
Something in the air
It seems that a lot of people are run down and/or sick. What do you do to keep motivated in the middle of the semester?
October 15, 2007
“But…”
Student: “I thought I did really well on that assignment!”
Me: “Did you follow the directions?”
Student: “Well yeah!”
Not to state the obvious guys, but if you followed the directions, it would show up in your grade. If you didn’t, that shows to. Studying and seeing me for help is always a good idea. Let’s look at [...]
