Friday, June 17, 2011

On Significance?


I follow the common practice of sitting outside the classroom to quiz the M1 students 1 on 1.  What's uncommon is that I don't have a cane or the general classroom control, so the doors aren't lines so much as bulbous amoebas.  
What seems significant is that it took a couple full days of testing before I realized that I would find the sight of a student kneeling or sitting nigh-prostrate in front of a teacher somewhat surprising or outright inappropriate.  
What passing teachers find significant is that sometimes students stand in front of me, instead of kneeling or sitting cross-legged, and the well-meaning of them whap the students into form. 
And that seems significant, too

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