Tuesday, January 7, 2014

An Open Letter to My Students

Pump Rotating Group by jcurtis4082
Pump Rotating Group, a photo by jcurtis4082 on Flickr.
I want to challenge you, the student, to consider what it is that you will do to be successful in this program. This has nothing to do with a "grade"; this has to do with success. I do not feel that the two are the same.

Recently I came across a letter by Kris Shaffer, a music professor, that resonates with me and my personal feelings about teaching and learning. Read it, won't you. Wherever it says "music" think diesel...

http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/journal/open-letter-students/