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Reflections on Class DiscussionsTales from Real LifeEarly on, I learned an important lesson about the potentially damaging effect of humor in the classroom. The incident that taught me that lesson took place during a literature class discussion one day at the beginning of a semester. It started when a relatively quiet student made a comment. I responded with a spontaneous remark I thought was rather humorous. Immediately, the student wilted before my eyes. She apparently took my comment personally, very personally. My comment had clearly hurt this student. Hurting students is totally contrary to everything I believe teaching and learning should be about. To this day, some 30 years later, I can still remember the look on that student's face. -- -- Kay Herr Gillespie |
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