| Show II a 0 3 I Genteel I iI l I I l l l l l l t l l l l l l l l l l I I I I I I l t 1111 Students vs Professors Why dont don't professors correlate and show the relation of the subject subject sub sub- he is teaching to the practical uses one could snake make of it itt in in daily life If it is so clear to the professors professors professors pro pro- as some professors would woul make the student believe why dont don't they please come off their dign dignity ty and serve as instructors instead of well of-well well students express ss it in different terms How often a class is so dry and ineffective just because the professors do no not hitch it up with practical and com corn men experiences to the students We Ve arc are quite sure the restlessness and inattention of the student is not intentional but it comes as a n result of no correlation with familiar familiar familiar famil famil- material thus the highest quality quality it ity of interest for learning is lost No Now v as we students see sec it this I just suggests one possible reason why students fail to ret retain in essential essential essential essen essen- II information People say What is the matter with college ollege education education education tion It is difficult for a student to enter into class discussion when he fails to see the use and application application application cation of the principle of the particular particular particular par par- subject under discuss discussion on onIt It Itis is is a common statement to hear professors say the Ule principle is simple but the application is dif dif- But at this juncture they stop Hardly ever do they venture to discuss the application that students students students stu stu- dents preparing for different vocations vocations vocations vo vo- vo- vo could make of the subject matter Its relation to a students student's life in this complex society should be a paramount object c of tors Many of the most brilliant theorists theorists theorists the the- have been the greatest failures failures failures fail fail- ures in practice There are too many people who know the princIple principle principle but are not practical because the they cannot think thru its tion Glen Frank says the main trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble with the colleges is that their Professors are thinking too often of traditions and conditions that are past which should not be subject subject subject sub sub- to toa a post-mortem post while the I students are thinking of realities We Ve feel that the principles are areto areto I Ito to lightly discussed Why is this condition prevalent is it because they do not know enough about other fundamental subject and experienc experiences ex- ex s in life to correlate an and discuss them or is it because they care little for the potential educational educational educational loss to the students It may maybe maybe maybe be because they are underpaid and feel like they are giving value for forthe forthe forthe the reimbursement received We Ve believe that if the Professors were better salespeople they would put the principles and their application application cation across better In fact most anyone who is absolutely sold old upon a particular proposition will do re research research research re- re search without being asked He sees what is necessary to be done and goes out to do it without being told Who Vho is the best salesman one who just talks in terms tenus of price and how fine it would be to have havethe havethe havethe the article or one who ties up his sales talk with the common experiences experiences experiences exper exper- and thought of the particular particular particular ular person or group of people to whom he is talking Our experience and observation has been to tc that effect that a good salesman could not sell and make a good sale unless he knew what motives to appeal to is ds as well as to tie up his subject matter with the common thought and anti experiences experiences exper exper- of the person in order that he may get real basic interest BEN JOHNSON |
