Word: complaining
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...more parent involvement that's good--and bad," notes Kirk Daddow, a 38-year veteran who teaches Advanced Placement history in Ames, Iowa. "The good kind is the 'Make yourself known to the teacher; ask what you could do.' The bad kind is the 'Wait until something happens, then complain about it and try to get a grade changed.'" Overall, he figures, "we're seeing more...
...seek out a doctor who will proclaim their child "exceptionally bright but with a learning difference" that requires extra time for testing; who insist that their child take five Advanced Placement classes, play three varsity sports, perform in the school orchestra and be in student government--and then complain that kids are stressed out because the school doesn't do enough to prevent scheduling conflicts. Teachers just shake their heads as they see parents so obsessed with getting their child into a good college that they don't ask whether it's the right one for the child's particular...
...self-reliance? Mara Sapon-Shevin, an education professor at Syracuse University, has had college students tell her they were late for class because their mothers didn't call to wake them up that morning. She has had students call their parents from the classroom on a cell phone to complain about a low grade and then pass the phone over to her, in the middle of class, because the parent wanted to intervene. And she has had parents say they are paying a lot of money for their child's education and imply that anything...
Most of us do not complain because we do not really know otherwise. But professors should better realize the importance of our loss at not knowing them other than within the very compartmentalized and professionalized classroom exchange of ideas. No one need move from Lexington to Leverett House, but a little more mingling with students in the dining halls should really be part of every professor’s job description...
Girls started their revolution with the parietal rules. In 1968, Esterquest, who would later complain about being treated like “cattle,” arrived on campus ready to change things. When women in her dorm sat down to agree on the rules later that year, she questioned the system...