Abstract
"THE HORSE THAT goes round in a mill," wrote William Godwin in 1797, "and the boy that is led by the hand in all his acquirements, is not active. Activity is a mental quality." Are our students active? Do they constantly display a spry, spirited mind, eager to examine and question what is placed before them? Or are they overwhelmingly passive and docile, willing to be told, dictated and "led by the hand?" The answer should be obvious. How many times do our students tell us, "Sir, I disagree with you,"or even, "With all respect, I have a slightly different view?" How often, if ever, does a student's response begin with a "but" or a polite "Isn't it true however?" Which professor can recall a time when a student has raised a fundamental doubt about the syllabus or the way he or she has approached a subject? Has there ever been a semblance of an earnest debate between the professor and the students on a subject other than grades and papers?
Recommended Citation
Nandy, Manish
(1989)
"A Quality of Mind,"
DLSU Business & Economics Review: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59588/2243-786X.1643
Available at:
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/ber/vol2/iss1/14
