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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Well what I have learned in teaching college students is that it is important to challenge them to think bigger without denying their point of view credibility since many topics aren't about a die hard right or wrong. You already know they are less capable of articulating the same as you or providing you with immediate evidence. So instead of drilling the obvious into the ground, you let them give you what they can give you in a theoretical matter which will prompt them to go home and seek the empirical support for their theory. Theory always comes first and theory is practically the same as opinion in this instance since it's all about standpoint, anyway.
Either case, I hope your students don't have a hard time understanding what you mean the way some of us did.  |
It is difficult for me to get out of it and reach to those unfamiliar with my daily concepts. When there is congestive heart failure in the left ventricular at diastole, we are no longer dealing with theory now, we are probably trying to stabilize and save someone's life...
I have no chance to "infer" anything. If I don't hear it "straight from the horse's mouth" then I have been trained to not assume anything... It is a matter of asking the "right" question. The man, Shinerbock, can choose to answer my questions or not. I can infer whatever I want. But I will never know unless I see his answer.
You and I do agree on one thing, most of these kids haven't a clue. We can either write them off as racist, ignorant, insensitive nutjobs. Or, we can walk them through "their logic" to see how they came to "their logical conclusions". For the most part, I see some of these kids having little exposure to ANYTHING worthy or meaningful. They may eventually get "there" in their lives, but then again, who knows? What I do know that what we hate the most will enter our lives most significantly... It is all a matter of time...
Now, that is one thing I know I cannot predict...
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