Values and Alignment

So to be honest before taking this class I really never had thought about the alignment of a lesson or how that may impact my reaction to material in a class. Looking back now, I definitely can see that the alignment definitely was lacking in a few of the classes I enjoyed less than others. I had this one English class last semester where to be honest, I wasn't sure what the goals were other than to expose us to a variety of literature around the world. However, we only really focused on African American literature. This would have been fine if the professors had adjusted the curriculum accordingly. Instead they expected us to be just as knowledgeable about the material we hadn't even touched in class as we were about what we had been talking about the larger part of the semester. When I have classes where the professors are unorganized in their lessons, it really distracts from my learning and my interest in the subject. I just wonder why I should even care if obviously they don't either. This is an important thing I have realized because when I become a teacher consciously I will be trying to make my lessons meaningful and engaging by ensuring that not only do I have good alignment, but that my lessons do hold some value.