Years ago Mager wrote a little booklet called "They really oughta wanta"
(or something like that) challenging us to descriminate between the things
that we can control and the things we can't. Are we, like the generals,
trying to fight a new war with the strategies and tactics of the last one?
John M. Flanigan <johnf@hawaii.edu> The equation is the final arbiter.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics --Werner Heisenberg
Kapi'olani Community College The scoreboard is the final arbiter.
Honolulu, Hawaii --Bill Walton
On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Lawrence Gilligan wrote:
>
> YES
>
> My colleagues and I have been pulling what little hair is left out. It
> seems there is no idea about how to study, time management skills, and
> general ability.
> Thank goodness it is not just a Cincinnati condition.
>
>
>
> At 05:29 PM 11/16/98 -0500, Bret Taylor wrote:
> >I'm doing any formal survey, but just want to know if we are alone at LSCC.
> >We are a small public, open door, community college. We have 6 faculty
> >members in math who have been here at least 4 years. (4 have been here at
> >least 10 years.)
> >
> >All of us have noticed a dramatic decrease in the ability, and/or work ethic
> >of our students this term. Not just one particular class. Not just first
> >time in college students. But, from developmental arithmetic through
> Calculus.
> >
> >Not really looking for a philosophical debate on the topic. More just
> >wondering if anybody else has noticed the same thing. Hopefully, it is a
> >one semester aberration. (Something about stastically speaking, we can
> >predict that unusual events will occur, we just can't predict when or where.)
> >
> >
> >
> >Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
> >
> >"It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
> >What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
> > John Wooden
> >
> >John 3: 3^3 + 3
> >
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