Knew a professor of Applied Physics in grad school who had the students grade each others papers for exams. I didn’t take that particular class but a student friend of mine said that he had to study twice as hard to be able to grade complex problems where there were multiple steps to a solution each with partial grading. It was an effective teaching method but I worked with that prof. and he was incredibly lazy.
I’ve been a life long student and always strive to learn from others (including the teachers) what I need to know. Not just to pass a test but to be useful and productive in my life.
After being awarded a graduate degree I decided it might be fun to try teaching beyond the on-the-job type of training I had already been providing for co-workers (and others).
In the academic classroom I discovered that I learned a LOT more as a teacher than I ever learned as a student. The questions that my students came up with would sometimes make me have to dig deep for reasonably correct answers. And along the way I discovered I also like teaching even more than just being the student 8^)
Chrisdiaz801 9 months ago
Hee, oh, snap!
Concretionist 9 months ago
Depends on which ideas, right?
ilikai 9 months ago
Nice shot, Frazz
sandpiper 9 months ago
Mr. Spaetzle just described his own job. It’ll hit him later, with his second cup of coffee.
Slowly, he turned... 9 months ago
All principals and teachers should be guilty of putting ideas into kids heads. Please.
rugeirn 9 months ago
Good one, Frazz!
DM2860 9 months ago
His concern is the non-educational staff is putting ideas into kids heads.
poppacapsmokeblower 9 months ago
Yes, as the principle of education is to put ideas into our heads, and you are the head principal.
Brilliant_Birdie 9 months ago
Whatever gets them to learn.
markkahler52 9 months ago
Good hitting punchline!!
Ichabod Ferguson 9 months ago
Knew a professor of Applied Physics in grad school who had the students grade each others papers for exams. I didn’t take that particular class but a student friend of mine said that he had to study twice as hard to be able to grade complex problems where there were multiple steps to a solution each with partial grading. It was an effective teaching method but I worked with that prof. and he was incredibly lazy.
wellis1947 Premium Member 9 months ago
Indoctrination is ALWAYS easier than Socratic education, you ALWAYS know the outcome, and if you’re good at it, the outcome is ALWAYS what you want…
Mike Baldwin creator 9 months ago
Heaven forbid!
anomaly 9 months ago
By ‘staff’ he meant non-teachers.
Caldonia 9 months ago
Frazz is so much superior to a principal. He gets to read the graffiti in the girls’ bathrooms, after all!
sml7291 Premium Member 9 months ago
I’ve been a life long student and always strive to learn from others (including the teachers) what I need to know. Not just to pass a test but to be useful and productive in my life.
After being awarded a graduate degree I decided it might be fun to try teaching beyond the on-the-job type of training I had already been providing for co-workers (and others).
In the academic classroom I discovered that I learned a LOT more as a teacher than I ever learned as a student. The questions that my students came up with would sometimes make me have to dig deep for reasonably correct answers. And along the way I discovered I also like teaching even more than just being the student 8^)
AndrewSihler 9 months ago
I vote “yes”. Whether he thinks of it this way or not, Frazz is a Zen master. Much of the time, you have to figure it out for yourself.
DaBump Premium Member 9 months ago
That’s what school is all about! Question is, WHICH ideas are they putting in their heads? Studying is a good one!
pantalone 9 months ago
I like this one!