I've followed this for quite some time partly because I thought the video was
interesting and partly because I got my Bachelor's degree from K-State in 2000
where the video was made. I have to disagree with those that keep saying that these
are basically a bunch of kids that expect to be catered to in the academic pursuit
of higher education. As a teacher of English and History I was taught (at K-State
no less) that if the majority of my students are not picking up what I'm laying
down then the problem is with me the teacher, not the twenty-five students in my
classroom. Technology is booming everywhere and these kids are raised with it all
around them from baby Leapsters to instant messaging cell phones. Then we want to
ask them to sit still for 50 minutes with a college lecture that hasn't changed in
twenty years? Seriously?
The only fault I saw with the video was the implication that the professors do not
know your name in large lecture classes. I've been in those same lecture halls and
been surprised when a professor was not only able to call me out by name outside of
class, but pronounce an awkward spelling correctly as well.
Chi Anne McGrew
(shy anne)
Graduate Assistant
University of Central Missouri
BTW- KSU is Kansas State University which is located in Manhattan, KS. While there
is a fair amount of diversity for a college town it would be nothing like the other
Manhattan which might explain so many of the white students in the video. I doubt
it was done intentionally.
>>> Susan Jones <SUJones@PARKLAND.EDU> 11/08/07 11:07 AM >>>
I decided finally to see this little thing.
I have to agree with the commentary... looks like yet one more exercise in
self-exploration (or vanity, to put a different spin) which is one of the functions
of a college education.
I couldn't help but notice also how very homogenous (i.e., White) the group was.
Any implication that this is some kind of meaningful cross-section of a generation
went by the boards.
Susan Jones
Academic Development Specialist
Academic Development Center
Parkland College
Champaign, IL 61821
sujones@parkland.edu
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