First time blogging while in class ... but believe me, it's more productive than what we're doing...
In all honesty, this is the second time this semester (different classes, but still) that the average person (at least that I know) would be appalled sitting through the content of this class period. The last time is just not even worth going into, but this time, oh boy. I don't even know.
I find it interesting how people can get into moods and it totally determines how they interact with people and how people react to them. Well, my professor this evening was certainly in a mood. The majority of the class found fault in at least the first half of our 3 hour class this evening, but as the graceful, polite students that we are, how are we to say anything without offending or causing an even bigger tirade? What do you do when you do not agree with what the authority is doing? As a student, how do you politely and respectfully let a teacher or a professor know that you do not approve of what is going on in the class? It is a puzzle that has plagued me more than once this semester, and one that my future students may unfortunately encounter as well. How do you confront authority in such a way that they will listen and respond without seeing it as an attack on them?
I know that the Bible talks about showing respect and obeying the authority that is over you, but what if you feel that authority is out of line? To be in the world and not of the world often presents a hugely difficult position when teachers and professors assume that all are of the world. So how do I remain a good student, yet stay true to myself?
I totally agree! The class is awful and there's no good way to go about telling a professor that they are wrong. As nice as this professor is, I get the impression that she is fairly set in her ways because she feels she has "been through and seen it all." It's unbearable...I'm not sure I've ever been so uncomfortable and disgusted in a class...
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