Ronald Gore

Instructors need to remember that everyone has a personal life that can and will take priority over what class they are taking. As professionals, we can often learn to put aside our problems and fall into the subject we are delivering. Students are not trianed or do not have the experience to do this and they allow their personal lives to run over their school lives. We must accept this as normal, work with them to some degree to try to help them, and, most importantly, accept the fact that sometimes we just cannot make the world better for all… >>>

Todays students have been brought up where all media tries to give as much info as they can into as small a time spot as possible. It almost seems that they are trying to give us a subliminal flash of information to get their point across. Wouldn't that be fun to try! It is no wonder that the students can't listen or sit still for more than a few minutes. We have the job of trying to slow them down and get the information into their heads. Short lectures, followed by demos and hands on practice takes the main points… >>>

Every course starts with a reading of the class SOP's. Students have to hear these every course and people wonder why students miss the first day. I hit the basics. I tell them this is like any other school and they all know how to act under these conditions. I hate to brow beat them by carrying on about how they will be downgraded for everything including breathing. If you can appeal to their mature side and treat them like adults, there is no need to read them the riot act. I have had no troubles with classes using this… >>>