Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - What Is Food Poisoning?

What a teachable moment! But what a tragedy for the teacher. What an
opportunity missed to open the window of a kid's mind to the sunshine
of other possibilities. If the teacher had made out time (we wouldn't
know for sure but I doubt) to explain perspectives and contexts to the
kid in simple and demonstrative terms perhaps we would have a prodigy
of dialectics on our hands. A rational thinker. While hope is not lost
for such a perceptive kid, I weep for the closed mind of the teacher.

On 9/3/15, 'Bola Aina' via USA Africa Dialogue Series
<usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> The two perspectives are good and complementary. The boy is obviously not
> stupid, but was using residual knowledge from his overdependence on
> Nollywood.
>
> The "0/30%" assessment of the teacher is another point of concern?
>
> Is the teacher competent enough and teaching the right thing?
> On Sep 2, 2015 9:33 PM, "Okey Iheduru" <okeyiheduru@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Professor Oha, but I say: Shut down Nollywood, now!!! Well, at
>> least, for six months, to start with.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Obododimma Oha <obodooha@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The pupil who has provided this answer is definitely not "stupid;" he
>>> has
>>> simply offered a perspective which does not deserve an unfair reception.
>>> OK, the pupil could be said to have some language problems -- especially
>>> that of communicating with a restricted code that is not privileged in
>>> that
>>> classroom context. If the teacher could consider the pupil's cultural
>>> and
>>> learning circumstances, he or she would not be labeling the pupil as
>>> "stupid." I see a problem of teacher not comprehending the pupil in this
>>> case, which is worse than the pupil not having a fuller cognitive grasp
>>> of
>>> food poisoning.
>>> Thanks for sharing this textual evidence of teacher-pupil relationship
>>> in
>>> what must be the Nigerian context.
>>> -- Obododimma Oha.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, Okey Iheduru <okeyiheduru@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: Aishatu Ene Ella John's photo.]
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153026198225976&set=a.433794930975.213892.610495975&type=1>
>>>> Aishatu Ene Ella John
>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153026198225976&set=a.433794930975.213892.610495975&type=1&fref=nf>
>>>>
>>>>
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