Who knows????

To be honest I really did not have anything to be confused or puzzled about in class. When I first started the class, I was really confused about TOPIC and the purpose of ICON, but through class discussions and reading I now realize that both systems are effective in some ways and lacking in others. I guess the only serious question I had was how can instructors effectively get the kids in our classes to be interested in the material that we as instructors are teaching them? And if that student truly is not interested in the material and submits inferior work then as Instructors do we have the right to fail them.

I mean in reality can instructors really save all of the students that come through our comp classes. And do we really need to. I put forth the premise that we really cannot. And in reality it is not our job or responsibility to do that. We as instructors can only do so much, and if we show our students that we care about them and are willing to help them learn then students should meet us half way as well.