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Random Thoughts II:  Teaching from the Heart
Louis Schmier

Introduction

Part I: Me

• A Search for Myself
• From Professor to Teacher
• Three Teaching Principles
• You’ve Got to Be There!
• On Random Thoughts

Part II: Random Thoughts

• Character-Based Education
• A "Happening" in Class
• What a Student Needs
• Shelley
• Miss Trombly
• Liberal Arts
• Peer Pressure
• Diversity
• The "Good" Student
• A Metaphor Exercise
• Intellect or Character
• Lloyd
• Grading Effort and Attitude
• Performance and Attitude
• The Climb
• A Triad
• Class Control
• Office Hours
• Tommy
• More on Tommy
• Blueberries!
• The Humanity of Teaching
• Whose School Is It?
• On Becoming a University
• Teaching and Research
• Class Happenings
• Community
• Matika
• Risks
• The Right to Succeed
• Melinda
• Final Exams
• Faculty Boredom
• Educational Fad ‘n Fashion
• The Mind Is The Future’s Factory
• Jane
• Barbara
• Four Boys
• Really Random Thoughts
• Feelings
• Class Size
• Cheating/Learning
• Cramming
• Grades
• More on Grades
• Student Teaching Evaluations
• Apology
• The Apology and Julissa
• Learning Community
• Teaching Style
• Student Bloopers
• To Be a Teacher
• More on To Be a Teacher
• Teaching And Caring
• On Education
• Teaching Portfolios
• What an Education Boils Down To
• What Being a Teacher Boils Down To
• The Good Teacher