Pay Attention/ In the Basement of the Ivory Tower

The YouTube link was very interesting to me. It made me wonder a few questions, why would a teacher not consider using such technology in the classroom and if many teachers have seen this link. I think that it would be a great thing for all teachers to see and know about. This shows how much technology has developed, how teachers can use such technology to their advantage for lessons and homework, and how teachers can change their lessons to suit the new ways and how students would also have to adjust the way they use their phones in class or their ipods.
The second reading is “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower.” It is about a college professor who teaches at a private college and a community college. The story starts with his dislike of many of the students that end up in his ENC 101 and 102 classes. He is unhappy that the students do not even really want to be in college and that it often shows that they are there as a last resort or the school is just chosen before of its location to home and work. The professor discusses the multitude of problems with the American expectation in education and also that none of the people consider the morality of the classroom or campus when they assign the students to classes that the advisor is pretty sure the student will not pass. The story then goes on to discuss a lady, Mrs. L., and her troubles in the class. She is not able to work with computers or really even able to write. Mrs. L. comes up with the wall of defeat, hopelessness and humiliation. When the professor failed Mrs. L, he did say that he felt guilty and wondered if he should give her a C instead. But he felt that it was not fair to the other students. I wonder if many teachers really do consider the hard work they see an individual give compared to the students that do not try and succeed just because.