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March 09, 2006
Blame the Students
Categories: Classes
Based on a conversation we had in the 600 class the other day, a student sent me a link to the following news article:
Blame the Students
It raises some good points, but my (quick and dirty reply) is that motivation, drive, enthusiasm, etc are functional qualities (indivdiual characteristics that are influenced by the environment and vary accordingly) rather than mere traits of indivdiuals. A student's "work ethic" is not something that they just "have" but is itself influenced by environmental factors.
Posted by Nakia at March 9, 2006 12:40 PM