I offer the class a format that is either a lecture or a demonstration of particular types of problems and their solutions. The student, on his or her own time, works out solutions to homework questions and problems. The student chooses to learn, and this choice involves freedom, and it also involves responsibility. I do not work for the failure of students, but still realize I must permit the failure of students whenever they choose to take the fewest possible opportunities to learn. Of course, there are always cases of students who try hard and do not get the expected results.
Life is uncertain and risky.
I cannot control outcomes in cases where students do make honest efforts without result, but I do offer students the chance to purchase a small insurance policy against failure, in the form of Internet bonus assignments, which will be announced. To repeat an important point, I cannot guarantee success. It has helped many students learn economics. Some course material will be sacrificed to cover remaining concepts more thoroughly. The fundamental theory will be covered in class, and whenever possible, it will be applied to real world situations with clarity.