Today’s discussion was led by Olivia Vearling and followed by David Macmullen, Jeff Biancaniello, Gwen Jordan, Maura Kelly, Makayla Medycki, Sam Livorno, Cait Mangini, Laura McGroary, Seamus Corkery, Haley Clark, and myself. We discussed the idea that “teachers know everything, and students know nothing”. We talked about how teachers do not always focus on their students understanding the content but instead just using memorization as a way of learning. This effects the point of teachers knowing everything and the students know nothing because they are not properly being taught the material to help them understand and learn the topics. During our discussion, a topic was brought up that students have a hard time expressing their creativity because they are forced to abide by the way the teachers lead the topics versus the students taking some control and having actual interaction with every lesson to really help them understand the topics that are being taught. It forces a wall to go up because some students feel they can not express their creativity because they are taught to go by the teacher. Many teachers use lectures as a way of teaching rather than engaging with the students to bring out a different side of them. That is why this idea that students know nothing is expressed in our society because they can not fully grasp the content without actual interaction and bringing their own personalities into each lesson. Students do have strong knowledge of certain topics, but teachers have to engage in order to provide full understanding of what is being taught.
