Yea, I feel like she could be relating to some sort of topic and showing the students an example, but in a really crazy way, and the video was snipped out of context. the teacher is giving an example of how not to do this. She is giving some sort of lesson on punishment. Well said. (Courtesy: University of Akron), University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College, University of Cincinnati-Clermont College, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Maryland University College, University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of North Carolina at Asheville, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus. However, I wish I had more teachers like this. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. It was a teaching tool, just taken out of context. Tell your kids what to think about and just skip the 'no' part," Martino told International Business Times. There has to be a reason. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, Instructional technology / distance education, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Marketing / public relations / government relations. There's no way any institution of higher learning would allow someone to hold a position of instructorship who's this big of a kook. She confirmed it was her leading the class in an exercise about the word "no." “If you only tell kids what not to do, all you’re doing is filling their heads with garbage. “Say it -- ‘No pomegranates.’ No, no, no, no, no pomegranates,” she yells, jumping up and down. Far-right news site Breitbart ran an article on the video -- titled "Iowa Professor Goes on Bizarre Rant About Pomegranates" -- where commenters pounced on the notion of a screaming liberal professor. "if you punish, follow these rules". Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, http://www.ibtimes.com/no-pomegranates-video-twitter-reacts-professors-anti-fruit-rant-2600723, the slide in the background. Update: Dr. Jane Martino responded to International Business Times regarding the event. 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Before making a big deal about it the students were not thinking about them. Speaking of, what's her thoughts on passion fruit? “Sociology professors hate society, and psychology professors hate themselves.”, In a later reply, a commenter calls social workers “left-wing nuts” and labels psychology “a joke.”. Be the first to know.Get our free daily newsletter. “Say it -- ‘No pomegranates.’ I feel like this is some sort of teaching tool. Outsiders might think students at Des Moines Area Community College can be sure of one thing when they take a class with psychology professor Jane Martino: don’t bring pomegranates to class. "No Pomegranates" refers to a viral videoof a college professor loudly ranting about the pomegranate fruit during a lesson in developmental psychology. master of New College of the Humanities. Martino’s tirade in the video, however, isn’t related to an actual classroom rule. I'm really curious to know what class this is. “In my personal experience, psychology professors are all nuts,” the top comment reads. Link: http://www.ibtimes.com/no-pomegranates-video-twitter-reacts-professors-anti-fruit-rant-2600723, https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/75xkix/discrimination_against_pomegranates/doa5yuw/. There's no way any institution of higher learning would allow someone to hold a position of instructorship who's this big of a kook. It’s a lesson in negative reinforcement, and the over-the-top antics, she said, were all part of the lesson. Please read the sidebar below for our rules. That's passion. 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She confirmed it was her leading the class in an exercise about the word "no." Instead, if you say, ‘Hey how about a kiwi, shouldn’t we have a kiwi now,’ the kid might go, ‘OK.’ If you tell them what not to do, then that’s what’s going in,” Martino told a local NBC affiliate. Founding Director Alan Lightman is pictured on the center right. and this was her ploy to get her students to troll her and bather her in a year's supply of poms. "if you punish, follow these rules", which is probably just bullet points about explaining how to reason and teach people why rules exist. The best place for video content of all kinds. Cut up and posted on the internet, it's a perfect mix for going viral, being both bizarre and seemingly inexplicable. The video, however, doesn’t convey the underlying psychological principles of the exercise. idk how nobody in this thread looked at the slide lol. 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