Stu, Stu, Studio

Comp Tales was the book I was assigned to read; it is a compilation of short memories of the interactions between students and teacher. The chapter I read focused on mis-communication between teachers and students. Many of the incidents were funny and ase on a bizarre interpretation of the teacher's instructions. However, some of the submissions felt very serious. They found their problems based in ethnic obstacles, economic struggles, and teachers who had no idea what to do as well as no help. Often, the tales of the technical misunderstandings between teacher and student, the teacher would foist his/her knowledge on the class assuming they knew where each student stood in terms of their academic involvement and past history. Similiarly, many of the teachers held classes in which the students were bored by the subject matter because they already knew and understood the topic. This occurred often when the teacher initiated a discussion rather than allowing the students to broach their own ideas. This chapter also comments on some stories of tutors, and their effectveness because they are not teachers and the students can view them as friends, a neutral party.

Samantha