Article: COLUMN: Schools of thought: Teachers vs. students

Ella Peterson
University Wire
09-09-2005
(Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- We are the new generation of scholar, an undergraduate class struggling to fit computer-sculpted minds into an old-fashioned educational structure many find to be outdated. Indeed, it is an interesting culture clash: those professors who cling to old-school concepts of instruction and learning, and the students of a generation used to consuming knowledge with efficiency, speed and brevity.

The connection between professor and student is a balancing act that never seems to be perfectly equalized. The burden of creating an enthusiastic dedication for classes frequently falls upon shoulders already bent ...

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