Re: Eric and Fred's ideas on grading

[Neal Lerner <nlerner@acs.bu.edu>]

Ah, Katie, your question was one I certainly deserved.  But late me make 
a distinction.  Perhaps the point of the classroom (maybe the point of my 
classroom) is to help students understand, examine, and deal with life 
experiences.  While that sounds mighty existentialist, I still wonder how 
to deal with the incongruity of valuing certain qualities in our students 
and in our classrooms that aren't valued outside of those contexts.  

	Neal Lerner
	nlerner@acs.bu.edu

BTW:  Happy birthday, Jon!

On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Latisha LaRue wrote:

> True enough, Neal, but is the point of the classroom to duplicate life 
> experiecnes?
> 		Katie