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Directionally Challenged?

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The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Ms. Mentor weighs in on the question “Why won’t my students follow directions?”

They Scoff at Your Piddly Rules

In other news, Robyn Foster, a student at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was arrested for refusing to leave class after being instructed to do so; she allegedly had thrown a water bottle at another student in the room. Another student (who apparently is an intern for a local television station as reported in this HuffPo post) videotaped the event (on an iPhone). For your viewing convenience, I’ve embedded a link:

I found the video through The Chronicle here. The conversations in the commentary on the three linked pages is as popcorn worthy as the video itself.

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What I’m doing tonight

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Frontline’s latest documentary, digital_nation: life on the virtual frontier” aired last night on PBS and can be watched online at the previous link. I’ll be watching it this evening/afternoon, and I’m looking forward to exploring the resources at the documentary’s webpage as well. Early responses (linked below) to the piece indicate that there’s an interesting conversation to be had about writing.

Responses:

Henry Jenkins

Cathy Davidson

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Writing Reflection

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To my non-student friends: You’re welcome to read this post and comment; I’d love to know how you might answer some of these questions.

To my students: While I won’t be responding to all of the writing assignments I give you, I will try from time to time to do them right alongside you. Tonight’s assignment was one I thought I’d enjoy doing quite a bit.

I find that I was 100% correct with that thinking.