Responding to a message by Ruth, to Matt on ...
RL>As to the above statement...Sorry, I disagree. Although, student
RL>attitude towards school can be a result of upbringing etc. there is a
RL>certain amount that is developed by the school. Surely you can remember
RL>one teacher, or school that you had/have been to that had an effect on
RL>you be it negative or positive? It certainly had an effect on me -
RL>specifically to do with certain school subjects.
Matt tends to make broad, sweeping generalizations in nearly everything 
he says about the schools.  In truth, if 27 years of teaching have 
taught me ANYTHING about the children we teach, it is that every single 
one of them is different, and every single one of them is motivated by 
unique factors. 
As for student attitudes toward school and teachers, they run the gamut 
from those who are dead set against cooperation in any fashion to those 
who hang on every word the teacher says as if it were gospel.  Those who 
do best in school are those who come with an open mind, yet are able to 
critically analyze the content of what they are listening to.
Chuck Beams
Fidonet - 1:2608/70
cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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