Friday, April 25, 2008

"Dear Student: no."

My tutor got this email from one of our students recently:

Dear [Random Collection of Letters Approximating Tutor's Name],

I am a visual learner. Can you please make me visual aids for all the classes so far and email them to me?

Also, if I send you my notes for the course, can you go through them and check that they are correct?

Cheers,
Student with an Impressive Sense of Entitlement.

2 Comments:

Inside the Philosophy Factory said...

Goodness.... I'm aghast.

The poor dear was probably told they are a 'visual learner' by some fool who learned the types of learners, but the student didn't realize that being a visual learner is simply a learning style preference, not a handicap.

If you make visual aids for this one, the kinesthetic learner will make you choreograph a dance for them to perform for each lecture. Just say no.

Bardiac said...

Oh, I want a choreographed dance about schwa deletion!!!!!