{"id":16270,"date":"2021-04-29T21:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T03:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=16270"},"modified":"2022-01-21T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:45:00","slug":"students-reflect-on-parents-university-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2021\/04\/29\/students-reflect-on-parents-university-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Students reflect on parents\u2019 university instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Ben Lane.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many students enter their semesters knowing very little about their professors, this is not the case for some students who have had classes with family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Elaine Helpenstill and sophomores Gracie Metheny and Davis Morgan have each had one of their respective parents as an instructor on campus, and they all said the experience gave them a new point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Helpenstill said she was able to utilize her mother Dr. Kathy Helpenstill, associate professor of behavioral science, more than other students because she understood Helpenstill\u2019s educational needs better than other students because of their relationship. Helpenstill said she believes her peers benefit from her close relationship with her mom. She feels comfortable with her mother, which she said allows her to ask the tough questions and be blunt and straightforward more than other students in the classroom. After taking a class with her mother, Helpenstill said she knows and understands her mother more fully and has gained more respect for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \u201cI\u2019ve gotten to see another side to her that I didn\u2019t know before \u2026 It also gives me an appreciation for how much it takes to be a college professor,\u201d Helpenstill said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Metheny enrolled in a personal finance course taught by her father Dr. Glen Metheny, associate professor of business. She said it was fun to have her father as her professor. She enjoyed her father becoming friends with her friends and telling stories about her that were relevant to the class. Unlike Helpenstill, who feels more comfortable asking questions in class with her mother as the teacher, Metheny said she felt like she was less open with her questions in the classroom setting with her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \u201cFor his class, I would try to do [classwork] on my own, and then if I couldn\u2019t figure it out, I would approach him,\u201d Metheny said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Metheny also felt like her class was easier to understand because her father is a familiar voice that made class easier to listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Growing up, Metheny said she always saw her father grading schoolwork, but she didn\u2019t understand why he spent time grading. Metheny said she has a greater respect for her father\u2019s work ethic and dedication to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \u201cNow, after being in his class and doing the homework and turning it in, it\u2019s like, \u2018Wow, you devote so much time out of the classroom to do things for us in the classroom,\u2019\u201d Metheny said. \u201cThat was something I never got to see before I came to college.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Morgan, son of head basketball coach Jeff Morgan, plays guard for the Bison basketball team. Morgan said playing for his dad is a \u201cunique and awesome\u201d experience that not many other people have, and that he is \u201crichly blessed\u201d because of it. As the coach’s son, Morgan said there is a stereotype that he will act \u201ccocky.\u201d Morgan, though he has not experienced negativity from the team as the coach\u2019s son, has always tried to distance himself from that stereotype by earning his position on the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Like Metheny and Helpenstill, Morgan has a greater appreciation for his father since he has seen how his father acts around the players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t see much difference between how he acts with his family and how he acts with players because he treats them as family,\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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