Monday, April 28, 2008

Fair??

Okay, so.. lets say that you are given an assignment to do in class. You work really hard on it and get really excited about the fact that its going to be published because your teacher told you that it would all be published. THen you get other people involved too.. using some of their work (art or something) and putting their names on the piece to be published, and spending alot of time working on it outside of class too. So you have this final product, a good final work, something you have put time and energy and other peoples names into. How would you feel if the teacher told you that half of your project was being thrown away so someone else could use the space for their project?? And you wouldn't get any say in which half was being thrown out?? Am I the only one who thinks that that is completely and totally unfair?? I dunno.. some opinions please?? Thanks.

3 comments:

macduff (mcguchan) said...

can a teacher have an opinion on this one?

Amanda Eklund said...

Yes a teachers opinion is absolutely ok.. Maybe will help me see the other side of the story??

macduff (mcguchan) said...

would all depend on what was stated beforehand and what was stated after the work was completed, i suppose.....a favourite saying of teachers (that can be used to justify all sorts of things) is that "fair is not that everyone gets the same, but that everyone gets what they need"...was the rationale explained?...did you ask for it?