We are nearing the second week of the new semester, and my students and I are beginning to get back into the routines we established first semester. This really means that there is a give and take, a sense of community, and that the volume in the classroom goes up as soon as there is desk work to do.
Today we did the first long journal activity as a quiz. It was not very successful. Open-ended questions are hard for students who prefer well defined tasks, preferably those which don't require them to do more than repeat activities they have already done. I found myself quite frustrated by their lack of understanding. I'm not very proud of that. I'm supposed to be trying to help them learn, and instead I want to say "Think!, haven't you learned yet that I want you to think?!"
Tomorrow will be a better day.
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