words through barsmoke
Thursday, June 15, 2006
students/ teaching/ respect/ 1960s stanford prison study
I have made them aware of both our inherent and assumed roles and seek to further educate them as to the intrinsic value of study, both of human society and self.
I will try as best I can to monitor the assumptions that are prevalent on my end of the teacher/student dynamic, and will challenge students to keep me to this attempt.
why I should respect them…
though their assumed role is of a “lesser” status, their inherent role is simply a matter of their humanity progressed up to the age at which I receive them. due to their limited experience, it is my task to make them aware of the larger issues and complexities that occur at both the societal and personal level. I will respect the student first as a human, secondly, and most significantly as a learner.
