My lazy American students

Be patient with a long talk story warning. Today, I cut my hair, and as usual they turned on the television. There are games to ask the athlete (such as the actual question of the program), but what color is the banana? (The participants seem to be my 20s, but I am old and who knows?)

The athlete fell like a fly. This is something they can not answer: (1) What is H20? (21 - year - old - 21 - year - old in an unusual answer), (2) Who is the current vice president? (3) What state is New Orleans?

The winner must answer the last question. That's "Who is the second president of America?" She could not answer

The owner of this shop is the latest (the past 10 years) immigrants from the former Soviet Union (which one you can not remember). He smiled and said: "God bless America's education." (Complete disclosure: I am a high school teacher, I just chew my tongue.)

A wonderful word: I got three awards. Do not believe me? That is why I liked the Internet in 2009. I have a video: http: //ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/? Autoplay = false & media

What is all these proof? No Like that editorial. Like most articles of this type, the problem with this article is that it is a complete anecdote. (The author quotes some statistics on the lack of basic knowledge, but this is a red squid, which is not related to her argument that it is related to work and occupational ethics.)

I started to believe that this was one of them. The teachers complain to the students - a lot. Please try to imagine. Newspapers with no brains in the staff should be edited by the teacher shortly after the term (on this topic)

I have to admit that I was a little shocked by the article "My lazy American student" by a part-time professor at Babson University, Kara Miller, and I am obviously not the only ones. This article, published at Boston Globe in December, caused positive comments and negative comments. Inside Higher Ed. Earlier this month, not only emphasized Miller's original article but also a summary article was presented announcing the subsequent articles she wrote after having published so many comments. Inside Higher Ed also published an abstract of articles written by Babson students in the United States (also published by The Globe) and the dean's answer on his blog.

I have to take this somewhat cryptic article; I know another experienced teacher who thinks American students are generally "lazy" - she went to Europe many times, There is educational relations in Europe - herself it is a talented student, working hard at two good schools. I will acquire a bachelor's degree and a master's degree.

Many of my colleagues saw this student and I think she is lazy, confused, or indifferent. I know this because I heard how they talk about poorly performing students. Their words and condition often cause anger and resentment - why does not this student take my class seriously? Why do not they make me feel important, funny and smart? But my class has units on spiritual health stigma. I am a typical psychologist, so this is my passion. For people like me, I know how unfair your field is. I am unfair judgment imposed on people with mental illness, how interpretation of depression is interpreted as laziness, how to treat mood irregularities as manipulation, and people with "severe" mental illness as incompetent or dangerous I talked to the class about how to handle it.

One of the most frustrating aspects of teaching is communication with "lazy" students. A lazy student can be defined as a student who never realizes his possibility because he has chosen not to do the necessary work to maximize his or her ability while transcending intelligence. Most teachers will tell you that it is better not to be a lazy and mighty group of students but to work hard on a group of students working hard. It is very important for the teacher to thoroughly evaluate the child before the child is called "idle". Through this process, the teacher may find that there are more things that happen besides simple laziness. Equally important, they do not mark them publicly. Doing so will have sustained adverse effects and will last throughout your life. Instead, teachers must constantly teach them the skills they need to defend their students and overcome obstacles that prevent them from maximizing their possibilities.