One of the essential qualities of a system is interdependence which refers both to the wholeness of the system and its environment and to the interrelationships of individuals within the system as described on page 107. An example is given of a student’s refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of a particular instructor would have a negative effect on the student’s performance in the course but only a minimal effect on the instructor because of the lopsided nature of the student-teacher relationship. I can relate to this statement because I experienced the nature of loosing respect for a teacher. This particular professor had asked students to come to an event she was hosting at the college for a political women’s organization. The students that came that Saturday morning were asked to serve refreshments and clean up for extra credit points in her class. At another event she hosted at her house, the students again were asked to go to her house to serve refreshments for extra credit in her class. This time when the students showed up they were given duties to clean her house such as scrubbing the toilet. This type of behavior kept transpiring in the class. I saw this as abuse of her authority and lost respect for her as an instructor. Therefore, I knew I would be miserable staying in the class and in turn would probably do poorly. So, I dropped the class and took the same course at another college that I transferred to the following year which by the way, I did very well in. I liked the second professor.
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