CAN YOU REALLY EVOLVE AS A TEACHER?
Greetings from the annual convention of the American Accounting Association. One of the plenary speakers was Jimmy Wales who founded Wikipedia. He is truly one of the most impressive people I have ever seen. Very inspiring person. Hope you get to hear him one day. ** The following blog entry is, to some extent, an extension of my previous essay on this blog. ** Below is a note that I wrote yesterday morning to my intermediate accounting students. Even before the semester begins, I am trying to stack the odds of success in my favor. Based on my 43 years as a classroom teacher, I have found that most C students make C�s, most B students make B�s, and most A students make A�s. Okay, there is always some movement in the ranks but I often get frustrated with the rigidity of this alignment. Students bring to class a self-image that seems to create an upper barrier that limits how good they can be. ...