新视野大学英语第一册读写教程---完型填空全文.doc

(1)I, for one, am far from ready to use online courses for my learning. Don’t get me wrong I am very happy about all the communication and learning opportunities the courses have give us. But for me those opportunities should not be used to replace classroom activities. In other words, they are only tools to help me learn what has already been offered in the classroom. I love the classroom. I love having classmates. There are forty students in my class right now, and I think it’s great. I even love having classmates who are better than me. And, Let’s not forget the smell of ink on paper, the sound of chalk on a blackboard, the hardness of a wooden bench or heat inside the classroom in early September. I love it all. But most of all, I love having a teacher—a “real live” teacher. I get excited when I am in the classroom with a good teacher. I learn in a way that has been proven to work. I am given insight not only into a certain subject, but also into the world. What makes having a classroom teacher so special? A good teacher pushes me to succeed. A good teacher rewards me with praise when I have done well and stays positive and gives me hope when I am down .I don’t believe that a teacher using a virtual classroom can reach out to in the same way. A teacher communicating through the Internet cannot share the same type of relationship a classroom teacher and student share. I guess that I am lucky to have had situation to so many excellent classroom teachers. I will never forget the kindness and commitment that those teachers have shown me Their examples make it hard for me to accept a way of learning that does not include them .You can me “old-fashioned”, but as long as there is a classroom, that’s where I will be learning. (2)I’m not sure whether a “generation gap” exists, but if it does, I hope I’m still standing on the youth’s side of the gap. I may be 50 and then some, but I still like to rock. When I was younger, I listened to all of the new rock and roll music ,