What we should unlearn

A few weeks ago, as my College Comp II class was reading Mark Bauerlein's The Dumbest Generation, I found several dozen articles on the web discussing the millennials and their strengths and weaknesses.

So I matched up one article per student and had them summarize it and then explain how it related to Bauerlein's text.

As we discussed the articles, we really became interested in this one, which focused on the Ten Things Teachers Should Unlearn.  It generated such a great discussion, that I thought I'd open it up to students on google docs and ask them to devise their own list.  Then I decided to share it with our principal to see what he thought (to be fair, I thought the students generated a great list).

As we talked more about this, the thought struck me, what would teachers wish students would unlearn?  So I created a google doc and shared that with many staff members.  While I didn't get the response that I got from my students, I still got a good list.

Tomorrow in class, I'm going to share it with them and see what happens.

Here is the list of what students wish teachers would unlearn.

Things Teachers Should Unlearn

Here is the list of what teachers wish students would unlearn.


What Students Should Unlearn


If you wish, please let me know what you think.