Page 99 - CBA 1985 YEARBOOK

A once-blank piece of paper in­ serted in a typewriter, is filled with information when the different parts of the typewriter work to­ gether. The process of synergene- sis at CBA is analogous to the type­ writer image, if one views the facul­ ty as the keyboard and the students as the typing paper. Just as the keyboard prints information on the paper, so do the faculty im­ part ideas and concepts to the stu­ dents.
Unlike the typewriter, which
merely fills the paper with informa­ tion, the relationship between facul­ ty and students is not one-sided. Whether it is finding the derivation of the function 3 x M , or analyzing the character of Hester Prynne, or getting in on a Super Bowl Pool, they openly share and compare their views with each other. Teach­ ing takes place on both sides of the desk.
Thus, it was no surprise that when CBA was invited to partici­ pate in the National Exemplary
School project, faculty went to the students for assistance with the evaluative criteria. Further, the overwhelming defeat of the Mon­ dale/Ferraro ticket caused more than one heated discussion be­ tween teachers and the more con­ servative students. Yet it was clear by year’s end that all the parts of this academic typewriter were working in unison — despite their differences — to produce an inte­ grated whole.
The accent is wholly on ...
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