Reactions to Prof. Wuzzy's Class

    Prof. Wuzzy is a distinguished professor at ABC University.
    An expert on Anglo-Saxon grammar, she has written numerous articles about past 
    participles and Scandinavian influences on modern English. Recently her students 
    offered feedback on her lecture about Beowulf. Here are three student comments. 

Student 1:

	At least half the students were listening
	and some were even intent.

	A few even learned something fascinating -
	that is a significant event!

	I wonder what the Prof. is up to . . .
	Why this sudden commitment?

	Is the Prof. expecting a faculty review?
	Is there some reason why she cares
	about how well we actually do?


Juanita: This suggests that most teachers do not care how well students do.

Jack:    How could they? If a teacher has several hundred students to take care of, 
         they probably focus on general trends rather than specific individuals.

Shuu:    I agree: statistical outliers are always problematic.

Ella:    But so-call 'outliers' are also human beings - not just blips on a grade sheet.

Shu:     On the micro-scale, that is certainly true. However, on the macro-scale
         we are all just blips.

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from Lit-A-Rupture: A Post Literary Construction by T Newfields
SUMMARY: An astonishing report about an English literature professor by a student, an image of a student in a library, and conversation about statistical outliers.
KEYWORDS: student classroom feedback, learner reactions, literature instruction, Beowulf lecture, statistical outliers

by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1996 in  Shizuoka, Japan ⨳ Finished: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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