A place that is not all about trying to figure out what the teacher is saying but a place to develop your knowledge. It is unfortunate, but many students that we will be teaching have been brought up in the entertainment culture. The television has been the mode of instruction for many students today. Before television and movies etc., kids were accustomed to sitting around the dinner table talking with parents and listening to wisdom from their elders. They were used to having family discussions, that were not necessarily entertaining, but educational.
Today is very different.
I can see where it would be very frustrating to feel like we are competing with actors on t.v., and not measuring up, because we haven't been trained in performance. My success rate, while not perfect, will depend upon my ability to plan a well thought out, relevant, visually and intellectually stimulating lesson. I do not intend to spend a great deal of time trying to come up with jokes to tell in my class, or planning movies to show because that's what the students will like. If the movie will in some way be relevant to what I want the students to learn then I will consider it. I do not need my students to like me.