The Lone Ranger
11-08-2006, 05:59 PM
So, we're looking at the structure and functioning of skeletal muscles in the lab this week. Yesterday morning, one of the students apparently reached a crisis point of some sort.
I saw her sitting off by herself, and she was literally crying. When I went over to see what was going on, she confessed through her tears that she just couldn't understand the material, and she didn't know how to cope.
She's not dumb, but she seems to be almost totally lacking in self-confidence.
So, I thought, "Let the rest of the class figure it out for themselves for awhile," and sat down with her to go through the material. By the end of the lab, she had "gotten" it, and more importantly, she knew she'd gotten it. So she was happy. Therefore I was happy.
For all of its occasional frustrations, teaching can be the most rewarding of experiences!
Cheers,
Michael
I saw her sitting off by herself, and she was literally crying. When I went over to see what was going on, she confessed through her tears that she just couldn't understand the material, and she didn't know how to cope.
She's not dumb, but she seems to be almost totally lacking in self-confidence.
So, I thought, "Let the rest of the class figure it out for themselves for awhile," and sat down with her to go through the material. By the end of the lab, she had "gotten" it, and more importantly, she knew she'd gotten it. So she was happy. Therefore I was happy.
For all of its occasional frustrations, teaching can be the most rewarding of experiences!
Cheers,
Michael