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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (51398)	6/18/2002 3:01:47 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It is the "job" of a teacher to encourage students to learn and to grow. It is the "job" of a teacher to consider what human dynamics may assist or retard a child's ability to realize his or her potential. It is the "job" of a teacher to assist children to acquire knowledge which will facilitate, extend, and catalyze the limited knowledge available in a few texts. Much of school time involves the human interactions which have everything to do with the paths which children find themselves on in later life. Indeed, it could be argued that the primary purpose of a human teacher is to motivate; and to tease out the qualities and potentials which will make learning a fascination, and a life-long vocation. We could simply put children in a library for a few hours a day and lock the door...right? What do you think the point of a human teacher is? To ensure they do not look up from the book? EDIT: to put it another way. When a teacher consistently fails to motivate children to participate in learning experiences, and when a teacher consistently turns out children who have been cheated out of any vision or realization of their potential...then he or she is not doing their "job"...IMO.