At 01:10 AM 1/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
> My video segments are very important to my lectures. I know that teachers in
> other parts of the world do a good job with no technology, but I am feeling
> that my request for a TV for my whole class is reasonable so I can't
> understand why they won't accommodate. I am also angry/disappointed with the
> conduct of my colleague.
You may consider applying a business model to your problem. Tell your students
(customers) that your department/institution is preventing you from providing them
with the proper services that their tuition dollars have already bought. Tell
them
exactly what's happening and how this problem affects your ability to teach the
material and, consequently, how it could conceivably impact their grades
negatively
(if indeed that may be truly the case). Explain to them how that TV/VCR was
purchased, in part, with tuition dollars and that because of some bureaucratic
idiocy, they cannot have proper access to this equipment to which they are
thoroughly entitled.
Frankly, it sounds as if these evening students, who probably pay the same tuition
as their day counterparts, do not have access to the same educational services.
That's neither a good business nor a good educational practice.
Miguel
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Voice: (718) 390-4513
Assoc. Prof. of Psychology Fax: (718) 442-3612
Dept. of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
St. John's University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
300 Howard Avenue http://area51.stjohns.edu/~roig ;
Staten Island, NY 10301
><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><>
