Professor's Talk

The first professor I talked to, about the change in behaviors of students from when they began teaching to now, was Professor Winnifred Bryant. Bryant is an assistant professor and endocrine physiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She said that the only main difference that she sees from when she started is that the students have a greater since of entitlement. Her students feel that if they do the readings they should receive an “A” in the class. More kids feel this way compared to when she first started five years ago. She also said that cheating has not increased in her five years of teaching.

The second professor I talk to was Elsa Dorrego, a Spanish professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She said that most things have not changed since she began teaching. However, she noticed the changes from semester to semester when she began to hand out rules of the classroom along with her syllabus. She feels that with the rules she gives out students tend to be more respectful. She also said that cheating is not a big problem in her classroom, she has had only one instance of cheating and it was always the same person.