Writing Effective Reaction Papers

Students are often asked to write reaction papers in response to class

materials (such as a film or a documentary) or to out-of-class presentations
(such as a guest speaker). Reaction papers are slightly different than
reviews, because they usually don't require you to suggest improvements
or alterations. Instead, they ask for a detailed overview of an experience
combined with your opinion of that experience.

For instance, if you attended an on-campus program, you might be asked

to write a reaction paper about your experiences. Such a reaction paper
might involve the following details:

 Who spoke/sang/danced/etc. at the presentation? What are this

person's qualifications? Is he/she well known in his/her field?
 What was discussed? Does this discussion have any connection to
your coursework? If so, what?
 What is your reaction to both the presentation itself and the ideas
being discussed? Did your opinion change during the course of the
presentation? If so, what convinced you and why? If not, what stuck
out as problematic or unconvincing?
 Did you learn anything from the presentation? Did anything surprise
you? If so, what?

These are not the only possible questions that could be used for a reaction
paper, and some professors have their own specific requirements, but they
are some good general rules of thumb to think about in preparation for a
reaction paper assignment.

Conflict of interest??? having been a teacher for sometime .. this is what i have to
say ..

1. conflict in the sense that it usually is not a lucrative job yet teachers keep doing
it for love of what they do

2. conflict in the sense that no matter what you do, there will always be students
who will not appreciate you and think of you as a "bad teacher" just because they
don't get high grades, they fail their exams or give them lots of homeworks to do
3. conflict in the sense that no matter how you simplify your lessons so that the
plain "brain" can understand your explanations, there will always be "slow brains"
who will find it hard to comprehend what you are trying to say and these students
will say "you're not a good teacher"

4. conflict in the sense that there is always a new challenge that comes about, new
attitude of a student or a new lesson plan because times changes and things
improve

5. conflict in the sense that you may not be having a good day but you do not let
your students get affected by it.

that helps??