Monday, September 20, 2010
Charging money for failing students?
Phaedrus explains in the excerpt from Chapter 13 in the book Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, that the University of Montana was fined 8,000 dollars for every student who failed by the state legislature. How could you charge a school for a kid failing? As an act to talk against this, Phaedrus discussed this with his students. His students agreed with the state, and Phaedrus knew that they didn't understand the whole idea. He created his next day's lecture around this accreditation idea, naming it the Church of Reason lecture. Here he discussed why the school isn't a "material object" nor is it "a group of buildings that can defended by police." This lecture expanded on how everything should be taught the way it is taught and that the students will learn how they want to learn. I agree with his statement on why the teachers should not be responsible for the way a student learns. Yes, they should teach them everything possible and should not give up on anyone, but the school should not be penalized for a students failing grade. That is just un-heard of. I feel that Phaedrus's lecture about the Church of Reason really explained his ideas and helped others understand his ideas as well.
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Yeah, I totally agree with the bit about having to pay if you fail. That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. I also agree with the statement about why teachers should not be responsible for the way students learn, but I think that teachers should be willing to help students who don't learn the same as the other students. It would be harder for a visual learner to learn at a plain lecture and I think teachers should incorporate all types of ways of teaching in order to properly teach their students. However, I do agree that it shouldn't affect how much to school has to pay if students arent learning.
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