I have often said that anyone can teach at a research university, but you have to be good to teach at a community college. This case study supports my contention. Problems with college students are … well … a real problem This is the first… Read More
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I will do my best to provide advice that will help you engage your students. I hope you feel this is your website. Send me your comments and your questions. Is there a particular topic you would like me to address? Paul 
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Be Proactive is Steven Covey’s 1st Habit for Highly Effective People Steven Covey’s book, The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People, is one of my favorites. It prompted several of my article on this blog. And it prompted me to write an article… Read More The time is approaching. You are about to give your college students their first big exam. What will the outcome be? For some of you, I am afraid I know. Some of your students may fail your exam. Among that hopefully very small group, one… Read More Why Do Parents Try to Solve the Problems of Their College Student Children? In my article entitled A Parent Guide for Helping College Students, I explain the phenomenon that causes some well-intending parents to be labeled Helicopter Parents. … Read More Some College Math Students Don’t Add Up Many college students – heck many people in general – are math phobic. The way many university bachelor’s seeking students deal with this angst is interesting. If you are teaching a math course at a… Read More Help for Adjuncts and New College Teachers Why do I ask? I am looking for the topics that interest you readers. Here’s what I am wondering: What do you want to read about? Do you have some advice you would like me to post? Do you have… Read More What College Students Don’t Like In February, I posted an article entitled Is It Wrong to Grade on Class Participation? In that article I pointed out the importance of clarifying class participation expectations and giving students feedback. … Read More Online Rating Sites “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” (Mark Antony in Julius Caesar Act III, Scene II). So why have I “gone literary” on you? The little known fact is that Julius… Read More A Code of Conduct is not just for your college students It is Saturday afternoon, and I am putting the finishing touches on my 3rd installment of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective College Instructors. As you will see, I bring up the issue of a… Read More Do you pass inspection? Think about the best college instructor you ever had. What was special about him or her? How do you match up to that standard? More importantly, how do your students and your college administrators judge your… Read More |
You will definitely like this! You might be a redneck college teacher if ... No. 13: the last time you posted your notes online, students complained because you hung them right next to your wet Long Johns.
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