[lit-ideas] Re: The education of a Swine

In a message dated 4/30/2009 12:35:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dsavory@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I wanted to chime into the "responsibility of the  educator" debate by 
pointing out that the responsibility of the teacher is to  "model curiosity" 
and 
to show, rather than tell, students how to ask the sorts  of questions that 
lead to acceptable answers. Students and teachers have the  same 
responsibility.-----

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Not sure about that. 
 
Call me "Platonic" but I think that in the ideal 'teaching' situation, you  
have to _love_ your student. If I were to call someone _my_ student, I'd 
need to  love _her_. In today's USA world of whatever you call it, that's 
total anathema.  But then, USA is wrong; I'm right.
 
---- The educator, teacher, or what you call it, has to be interested in  
the person about to receive the education. Ditto, I wouldn't think a parent 
can  teach his or her child unless he or she loves the child.
 
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The love need not be reciprocal, but in the case of an ideal situation, I  
would require some reciprocation. I would not like to teach someone who 
doesn't  _respect_ me in the way a son should respect his father.
 
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With 'swines' is different, though. or May be.
 
In today's world, the role of the instructor has become non-existant.  
Students can _learn_ from sources other than instructors. Online,  
self-automated, self-assessed tests are all the rage. The motivation on the 
part  of the 
learner is still there, but the US system has noted that teachers are  
totally _redundant_. 
 
Cheers,
 
JLS
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