Who has the ruling hand in the classroom, the teacher or the student?

<Tab/>These days many college professors complain that their classroom is no longer controlled by them. Instead, a student and his tuition determine the difficulty of the material and have a strong influence over how he is graded. Universities are worried that their students will bring their business elsewhere if they are not quickly appeased. What the university doesn't understand is that spoiling its students does not make them happy. In …

…detached from his students. In this environment both the students and the teachers are happy and properly represented. No one will go home feeling as if time and money had been wasted. So, next time you're in a classroom, don't be afraid to challenge and ask questions, whether you're the student or the teacher. College is about learning and learning is what will be accomplished if only we would reinstate and emphasize more student-teacher dialogue.