Life is full of reactions and we tend to react to the things that are around us. Manual training school placed the independence on the students so that they could use their creativity for the common good.
James states that "An impression which simply flows in at the pupil's eyes or ears, and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone to waste" (pg. 17). In education, I have found that the professors who teach without a passion for their subject tend to make me bored. They don't love the subject so how can they convince me to enjoy it? Because they teach with no passion, it makes my learning experience substandard. At the end of their course, I will find ways to erase the fact that I even took the course. When a course is interesting, students are more likely to have a good impression at the end of the course. If the course is taught in a boring way, students will dismiss the information and they choose not to learn the material.
James spoke about the reactions of pupils in the classroom. But is it fair for teachers to make students do work just because work should be done in the classroom? If there is no reward, will a student have the initiative to complete the work that they are given?
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