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Great Teachers, Bad Students - Essay

Great Teachers, Bad Students

"I have a student in my second hour class who is an idiot ." Students probably
have never heard their teachers complaining about them in the halls. In
contrast, a person could roam Jefferson and hear conversations about how
terrible teachers are from every corner of the school. "I got an F- on the
final but it's only because Mr. Doe* is a crappy teacher." This a common
attitude among students who fair poorly on a test. It is not bad teaching that
causes a student to fail a class, it is bad learning. Laziness, foreign
substance abuse, and truancy are a few characteristics of a bad learner.

The word "lazy" is frequently used to describe high school students who do not
turn in their ...

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for learning and retention to
occur.

Students who use illegal substances show the characteristics of a poor learner.
The abuser may consistently forget homework assignments and do poorly on exams.
Recovered drug user Bob* explains, "The pressure from your friends and society
to use drugs is sometimes overwhelming. Once I started, everything went
downhill, especially my grades." Drugs soon consume the student's life, leaving
no time for studying or homework.

Truancy is obviously going to produce a poor learner. By not showing up at
school there is no possible way he or she can get assignments or take tests.
Even skipping only once or twice in a semester can be detrimental. "I skipped
one day when we had a pop quiz. My teacher never let me make it up because he
said I skipped," said Susie* a junior at Jefferson. The teacher had every right
to not let Susie make up the quiz that she missed because she skipped class.
This is a classic example of a student who is a bad learner. ...

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Added: 4/23/2007 09:09:36 PM
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