5 Myths About Learning in College: Myth 5

I taught for years in a classroom like this, which I now call the “sensory deprivation chamber.” NO ONE would choose this as their favorite learning environment. Most professors like me succeeded in spite of this hostile environment; the ones who didn’t were often labeled as failures, or as having a learning disability. For embodied learners (which we all are) this is a disabling environment, calling on us to perform an unnatural act.