tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post3959997238389825258..comments2023-07-05T06:55:53.577-04:00Comments on College Ready Writing: My Terrible Shortcoming as a TeacherLee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post-13007292366289347772011-02-26T20:33:36.108-05:002011-02-26T20:33:36.108-05:00I'm 'lucky' enough to have a condition...I'm 'lucky' enough to have a condition that gives me an excuse for forgetting their names. For an entirely different reason I had them make fast feedback signs - and those may have solved my name problem! I wrote a little entry about it if you're interested in trying it yourself.<br /><br />http://www.brandyabrown.com/2011/02/false-depth-perception-remember-students-names/Brandy A. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129335623744525947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post-67926701062398064622011-02-07T21:09:16.436-05:002011-02-07T21:09:16.436-05:00Even in the office world, I still have to go throu...Even in the office world, I still have to go through crazy contortions and memory tricks to learn a name. Once, it backfired. I thought I was clever by remembering two guys' names since they both seemed to be named after 60s' singer-songwriters. Then I mixed up Dylan with Taylor and all heck broke loose. Good thing they were nice about it.<br /><br />People forget my name all the time, or they think it's "Katherine." Sometimes, I answer to that, just for kicks. Just tell your students to have fun in the alternate reality.Carolinehttp://www.postacademic.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post-15905844600313706082011-02-05T08:55:59.374-05:002011-02-05T08:55:59.374-05:00After I knew I was leaving, I told the students f...After I knew I was leaving, I told the students flat out that I wasn't going to remember their names, further explaining that I had a changing cast of 50+ characters every three months as well as vast amounts of research-related information and appointments etc. competing for space in my head -- so it gave me the opporunity for subversive action, publicly throwing up my hands at the expectations of 'good' teachers and saying 'are you kidding me?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post-30034276522307064972011-02-04T11:22:43.162-05:002011-02-04T11:22:43.162-05:00I actually think it is more important to remember ...I actually think it is more important to remember the other stuff like what they did on their last assignment than to remember their names. I, too, admitted to students I was terrible with names and requested that they just remind me (including which class they were in) when they came to see me. That way I can focus on who they are and what they are doing and what they need.<br /><br />Enough people have difficulty remembering names that they are very understanding of that difficulty in others. Especially if you do remember other important things about them.JoVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680602039278597976noreply@blogger.com