January 21, 2009
Lessons in Humility
It's so easy to judge students as close-minded, racist, or just plain lazy; it's just as easy to be wrong
It is just about time for my yearly lesson in humility, and I am beginning to get nervous. Each academic year, at some point, I am forced to confront either my own humanity, or that of one of my students. Those lessons are often extremely uncomfortable, and always arrive unexpectedly.
My first experience with that sort of wake-up call was a few years ago in my first year of
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