of teaching the students. However, from which source the student acquires knowledge in the most efficient manner is dependent upon the student. Suppose student A learns best (most efficiently) from lecture, student B from the textbook, and student C from his roommate. Suppose also that student A does not attend lecture, student B does not read the text, and student C does not converse with his classmates. Although each student has the potential to acquire this knowledge in the most efficient manner, not one makes use of it. Therefore, it is it is left to the students to decide which teacher (professor, text, or classmate) will best enable them to learn (acquire knowledge). So regardless of the teacher, it is, and always will be the students who enable themselves to acquire the desired knowledge in the most efficient manner. This, by definition, makes students their own ...
