Comments on: Thinking About The Relationship Between and Among Teaching, Grading and Learning, or “You Don’t Want To Sound Like A Black Girl From The Suburbs” http://www.richardjnewman.com/2009/10/27/you-dont-want-to-sound-like-a-black-girl-from-the-suburbs/ because it's all connected... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:32:31 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Jeffrey Newman http://www.richardjnewman.com/2009/10/27/you-dont-want-to-sound-like-a-black-girl-from-the-suburbs/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Richard Jeffrey Newman Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:40:57 +0000 http://richardjnewman.com/?p=572#comment-100 Mr. FAMU: You made my day! Thanks. Mr. FAMU:

You made my day! Thanks.

]]> By: Mr. FAMU http://www.richardjnewman.com/2009/10/27/you-dont-want-to-sound-like-a-black-girl-from-the-suburbs/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Mr. FAMU Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:51:49 +0000 http://richardjnewman.com/?p=572#comment-99 I keep stumbling across the most profound blog posts lately. It's as if I log on daily and cross paths with some inspiring work by a distant educator I have never met. I am a senior history education major, and I sometimes dabble in writing opinion articles for my school paper. I love a lot of the philosophies of education you hold and especially about how writing with "your voice" in tact is integral to being a great writer. I think part of the reason I enjoy writing so much is because it allows me to put on paper what is apart of my core. I'm not one of those student's who ever goes to a professors class to discuss a grade on a paper. I guess it's part of the fact that i am always so confident in my work that i don't think it's that important to "have it out" with my professor over a letter grade. I've made 4.0's, 3.5's, 2.0's and less. Neither of those GPA has defined who I am as a student and a learner. And I appreciate knowing that for some instructor it's not about how many students pass the class with an A or a B it's about what is the experience they get out of the class and how effective one was at fostering and transmitting knowledge. I don't know you, but you have inspired me today as a future educator. Parts of this blog will be placed in my classrooms one day! The power of the internet! I keep stumbling across the most profound blog posts lately. It’s as if I log on daily and cross paths with some inspiring work by a distant educator I have never met. I am a senior history education major, and I sometimes dabble in writing opinion articles for my school paper. I love a lot of the philosophies of education you hold and especially about how writing with “your voice” in tact is integral to being a great writer. I think part of the reason I enjoy writing so much is because it allows me to put on paper what is apart of my core. I’m not one of those student’s who ever goes to a professors class to discuss a grade on a paper. I guess it’s part of the fact that i am always so confident in my work that i don’t think it’s that important to “have it out” with my professor over a letter grade. I’ve made 4.0’s, 3.5’s, 2.0’s and less. Neither of those GPA has defined who I am as a student and a learner. And I appreciate knowing that for some instructor it’s not about how many students pass the class with an A or a B it’s about what is the experience they get out of the class and how effective one was at fostering and transmitting knowledge. I don’t know you, but you have inspired me today as a future educator. Parts of this blog will be placed in my classrooms one day!

The power of the internet!

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