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 Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Tony Armstrong wrote:
> I would say at my school I run into the student described below more often
> than once every 2 to 3 yrs. I certainly agree that math anxiety is
> sometimes (maybe even frequently) a student cop out for a problem of a
> different nature, such as inappropriate study skills for the subject matter.
> But, if math anxiety can be a student cop out, I find dismissive (bordering
> on smug) responses such as "get over it" and "deal with it" to be teacher
> cop outs, as well.
> --Tony Armstrong
> Somerset Community College
>
> At 02:23 PM 10/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Abe:
> >
> >You mention that "there are always exceptions." The opinions of most
> >other responders (a decidedly biased sample, I suspect) is that there are
> >no exceptions. The situation I'm grappling with
> >is the one
> >student you run into every two or three years who is now flunking their
> >intermediate algebra for the third time, and they're enrolled in this
> >class after taking the previous class three times and finally passing with
> >a 0.7. Yet the student is receiving 3.0-4.0 in their other subject
> >matters. What to do? Should they be precluded from having an AA and
> >going on? The response of: "Go be a plumber" seems elitist to me.
> >
> >
> >Helen Burn
> >Highline Community College
> >Seattle, WA
> >
> >
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