{"id":151,"date":"2016-02-01T09:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/?p=151"},"modified":"2016-02-01T09:25:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:25:33","slug":"succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/2016\/02\/01\/succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s My Job to Help You Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>My students frequently hear me tell them that \u201cIt\u2019s my job to help you succeed.\u201d\u00a0 But what does that mean exactly?<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>First off, notice the word \u201chelp.\u201d\u00a0 The goal is for <em>you<\/em> to succeed, which implies personal responsibility on your part. I&#8217;m there to assist you in achieving that success.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>In the classroom, education is a partnership between student and professor. As professor, it\u2019s my job to impart the information you need to learn the material in a way that\u2019s clear, repeatable, and lends itself to inspiring further study. As a student, your responsibility is to invest the time necessary for learning, do the exercises and challenge me to explain things more clearly if you don\u2019t \u201cget it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>The onus is upon me to deliver the information and identify the areas that are particularly important, but I can\u2019t do it alone. You can help by engaging as a willing participant in the educational exercise. If it seems unclear to you, then I need to try other approaches to clarify the important stuff. I endeavor to give you the knowledge that will help you succeed, not only in the classroom (e.g., so you can pass tests), but also in your future career.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>Indeed, I believe that my challenge is to not just deliver the information but, more importantly, provide analytical tools you can use in life, regardless of the specific discipline you\u2019ve chosen.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>If I am successful in this regard, then I have fulfilled my job\u2014I have helped you succeed.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #cc99ff\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #cc99ff\">First posted 16 Jan 2015, last edited 1 Feb 2016.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My students frequently hear me tell them that \u201cIt\u2019s my job to help you succeed.\u201d\u00a0 But what does that mean exactly? . First off, notice the word \u201chelp.\u201d\u00a0 The goal is for you to succeed, which implies personal responsibility on your part. I&#8217;m there to assist you in achieving that success. . In the classroom, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10785,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curriculum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10785"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.callutheran.edu\/jpdillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}