Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 8:25AM | by Otter Read this post to be purged of pity and terror. Excerpt:
Well… give the student credit for trying to be specific. He does not merely generalize about the fact that we see “a female woman run for president” or “woman owner there own business.” He names names: heaily client.
Education, Secondary Education in Education Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 11:42AM | by Otter “Hey can u please change my final grade? Im begging u please i need to pass…”
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 8:29AM | by Otter White students and black ones seem to have been educated with the idea that race is something that's disappeared from America along with its history. It seems though rude to discuss it, an embarrassment.
Friday, November 11, 2011 at 9:26AM | by Otter I wasn’t surprised that they struggled. I was a little depressed that 18-50 year olds with the right to vote simply could not do it.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 9:14AM | by Otter
Updated on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 6:22PM by
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The research paper was a form developed when research was a real labor, a way of acquiring knowledge. Because the tools and mechanics were slow, sluggish, and difficult, we were essentially tracing the growth of our own minds on a topic.
Now the tools are slick, rapid, and almost independent of the human researcher. Now, the research paper is merely compiling. No real learning has to take place: indeed, it's perfectly possible to write a research paper of which the student-writer has only read a few lines.
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 3:33PM | by Otter This is my experience as an educator.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 1:18PM | by Otter 
Reading the work is not really necessary anymore for this curriculum that was designed long ago when the only way to experience the text was to live with it. A twenty minute Google search now can give the diligent student more information about the book than the professor has.
It's a different world. We have a different mind.
The curriculum was established a long time ago before some enormous shifts in that mind came into being.
