tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18155604.post6025203083480183166..comments2023-10-17T10:21:11.698-06:00Comments on The Clutter Museum: A slap in the face, the tyranny of content, and a hell-bound trainLeslie M-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434392840359276805noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18155604.post-11430378846304697392008-06-16T16:33:00.000-06:002008-06-16T16:33:00.000-06:00...or here, for that matter!...or here, for that matter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18155604.post-6393302310697070012008-06-16T16:32:00.000-06:002008-06-16T16:32:00.000-06:00I thought this was only a problem at Berkeley! I ...I thought this was only a problem at Berkeley! I never would have made it hear in the sciences.<BR/><BR/>LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18155604.post-45971152574857315722008-06-02T21:21:00.000-06:002008-06-02T21:21:00.000-06:00In 1989, I was a freshman at Georgia Tech with a d...In 1989, I was a freshman at Georgia Tech with a declared major in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Bio-medical Engineering. After one and a half quarters, I had decided that I hated science and math classes at the undergraduate level because I wasn't allowed to do any thinking at all: my job was nothing more than to memorize as much information as I could and then spit it back on the test and forget about it. So I took all history and English classes my last quarter and loved them. I got a lot of grief from my friends because I was there on a big scholarship and had "failed" or "wussed out" and quit engineering but I said again and again that I was switching because I wanted to actually be challenged and to learn something in my college classes. I don't think any of them believed me.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18155604.post-19945110983418016032008-05-25T16:43:00.000-06:002008-05-25T16:43:00.000-06:00I was naive. I was shocked to learn that people fr...<I>I was naive. I was shocked to learn that people from across the disciplines still lecture all. the. time.</I><BR/><BR/>Me too, me too! At my former SLAC (not where I attended, where I taught), where they prided themselves on their small classes and great teaching and interactivity! And they lecture ALL the TIME! How did I make it through 8 years of teaching in grad school and 8 years of teaching at other schools and not realize everyone just LECTURES??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18155604.post-18230747626442201942008-05-25T10:04:00.000-06:002008-05-25T10:04:00.000-06:001000 people in a lecture? That is wrong, wrong, w...1000 people in a lecture? That is wrong, wrong, wrong.<BR/><BR/>And what is even sadder about all this is that students don't ever seem to complain. As a director of an academic program and now dept chair, I have been struck by the occasional student complaint about an outlandish teaching situation (not so common, but once every 3-5 years it seems we have a faculty member who bugs out in some way, like stops coming to class on time halfway through the term, or waits until mid-Novemeber to return work that was due in September and needs to be revised for a portfolio due the next week), and students wait until the last minute, or sometimes past the last minute, to complain. I want to say to them sometimes, "you deserve better. Complain sooner, and then I could help you."susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.com