Re: Eric and Fred's ideas on grading

[Latisha LaRue <kfischer@keller.clarke.edu>]

> 	Neal Lerner
> 	nlerner@acs.bu.edu
> 
> BTW:  Happy birthday, Jon!


What?  Is this to say it is Jon's birthday??????
			Tishie


> 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.  
> 
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Latisha LaRue wrote:
> 
> > True enough, Neal, but is the point of the classroom to duplicate life 
> > experiecnes?
> > 		Katie
>