On Student Questionnaires
I hate them.
Skipping the part about how useful they are for your own
development and quality control, they are a horrific waste of
paper and ink.
1. They serve well to compile compromising material on the teacher
and serve as a basis for denial in a higher salary.
2. They are given to people 99,95% of whom haven’t got the
foggiest idea what teaching per se is.
3. They are so badly formulated that students can show their
complete ignorance about the matter and clients are always right.
4. It’s just politics in many cases. Unless the feedback is bad, then
see point 1.
5. Students wants and needs are two different things but
the teacher is the only person in the world who realizes that.
Feel free to add.