Tuesday, September 19, 2006

New Math Ph. D. Course

...how to handle this situation:"I was sort of tapped on the shoulder and asked, 'Do you want to teach a statistics class?"' said Masterson, the graduate student association president and a University of Cincinnati doctoral candidate. "The philosophy is, if you have a master's in the subject, you know it well enough to teach it." But he warned: "How do you handle a racial comment that targets another student? How do you manage classroom tension? You don't get that."

8 comments:

My Frontier Thesis said...

Ah hell, CNN. UND's dept. of history has been teaching the art of pedagogy for quite some time.

Mr roT said...

Fine, but in the syllabus is there a section on how to avoid a race riot in class? It evidently happens all the time in Itan-Nic-Nic.

My Frontier Thesis said...

Fine, but in the syllabus is there a section on how to avoid a race riot in class?

Yeah, here in northeastern Dakota and northern Minnesota we've had big problems with the Norwegians starting shit with the Swedes. Fu$king Norwegians.

The Darkroom said...

man, math & physics students sure didn't look like that when I was a grad student. um. sorry, what was the topic ?

Mr roT said...

got dat right, Pepe.

Tecumseh said...

I'm at a total loss what this thread is all about. Can we get back to the comforting clarity of Left & Right, Ying & Yang, Cross & Crescent?

Mr roT said...

If you haven't got the picture that this is some sort of PC attention-grabber, you have forgotten your paranoia pills.

Arelcao Akleos said...

The Norge's got more oil, MFT. Sorry, but their vouchers have bought me fair and square.