Friday, December 4
my opinion (like it matters)
I think that Dr. Tabor is a very nice and extremely understanding person. I believe that she is the most social and politically conservative (and I do not mean that as an insult) professor I have had to date - and I am a senior. I say that because, sometimes, she lets out glimpses of her views via rhetoric similar to that of my extremely conservative family members. I have never liked being in the class of a professor who makes their students do (what I consider to be) tedious things. That being said, what I consider tedious is probably viewed as easy by most of the other students. I have never enjoyed having to be put in groups with my other classmates to do research projects; that is extremely annoying and time consuming. I am also not the most avid of bloggers, so I was not heartbroken when I did not win any MVB honors. I appreciate Dr. Tabor's uplifting, positive, and open-mind way she communicates with her students. It is refreshing not to have to sit through another power point presentation. She has an obvious love for her job, and it is easy to see how much she truly wants her students to succeed. However, as far as learning anything substantially relevant to the subject matter, I feel the class was lacking. Dr. Tabor would - and should - be a great English, Creative Writing, and even Journalism professor. I am assuming that she is a great Sociology professor, but I have not been in any of her other classes. I feel it is sad when a college professor has to stray from the subject matter in order to teach their students proper sentence structure and grammar. Those are things that we learn (or are supposed to learn) throughout our educational lives, even into our first year of college. Perhaps that is why this particular class was, like I stated earlier, lacking. Or maybe it was because I was absent so much. LOL!! Love & Light everybody, and good luck with your book aspirations, Dr. Tabor. p.s. if there are any grammatical or sentence structure errors in my post, keep in mind that this is a blog. grin.
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ha! I have been criticized by students for being too liberal-left-wing and now for being conservative. I like that (because I am both L and R and in the middle, too) - but I can work harder to keep my personal political views out of the classroom, for they do not belong there--nor do any social science teacher's personal political views belong in the classroom. I do, however, try to get students to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI am the first one to agree that my classes could be better and that I could teach students more. It hurts to use the word "lacking", but hey, if they were lacking for some, then they were lacking. All I can do is the best I can do - and next time do better.
Thank you all for helping me towards doing better next time! That is all any of us can do. As far as grammar goes, I try to warn people by revealing I wrote a column on grammar for 7 years. Do I think grammar is important? Yes. If you want to make a difference in a group that makes a difference in the world, learn to write and to speak with proper grammar. That is just the way it works. Grammar works.
Anyway, thank you, too, maryjane, for the feedback.
PS: have I ever criticized anyone's grammar in a blog post? No. On a paper? Yes.
PSS: I had to read the begininng of this post twice when I read "I am a senior." I was thinking, sheesh, do I have someone that old in my class?! You can see what reference group I have! LOL
ReplyDeleteim old and my grammer sucks but i enjoyed the class. balance is the key in life and i am the oldest in all your classes i garuntee. mahalo and aloha
ReplyDeleteDr. Tabor,
ReplyDeleteI definitely was not criticizing you for being "too conservative" at all. I actually stated that I thought it was sorta refreshing, and asked that it not be taken as an insult. You do a great job at keeping your opinions to yourself, until you spoke regarding public health care - specifically the hidden costs that will be forced on tax payers, which most Americans aren't aware of!!! For more conservative folks, it just always comes back to MONEY MONEY MONEY - it seems. There are usually two conflicting attitudes regarding particular political and social issues - namely whether the government should tell tax payers what to do with their hard-earned money: Those who have money (usually in mid to older life stages), thus making them more conservative (gov't can't tell me what to do with my money!). These people can be altruistic, but like to choose to who and when they give their money (usually christians, for example, tend to give to predominantly christian organizations that support their ideology and lobby against those they consider evil, like homosexuals and women who choose abortion). The other type are usually the more liberal people (can be rich or poor, but often includes younger people and minorities), who do not let their ideology factor into who they give their money to. If the gov't forces us to contribute into public health care, so be it!! Socialism? Hardly!! These people would gladly give up some of their own money if it meant that their fellow human beings could have access to medical care, and - call me crazy - food and shelter; the base of Maslow's hierarchy of needs!!. I'm not saying one group is bad and one is good, or vice versa, I'm just stating my opinion. You did an excellent job at getting students to think for themselves, and I meant no hurt to you by using the word "lacking" in my post. Your instruction was not lacking at all. I just find it sad that students aren't prepared by this stage of the game, although I am quite aware of the number of ESL students at CSULA - I give them HUGE props. Thanks for doing the best you can do for your students, having such a positive and uplifting energy, and for being open minded and understanding, Dr. Tabor. Love and Light