I have been fortunate in my time as both student and instructor to never have an adversarial relationship with a teacher or student. When I think of truly adversarial relationships, I think back to substitute teachers I had between 7th and 9th grade. More often than not, my fellow students and I collectively made an […]
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Knowing is half the battle
Being an adversary does not mean being an enemy. I rarely have an adversarial relationship with students that is long term and related to rigor, but I have taken classes where the teacher uses this conceit to great effect. I recall a Shakespeare professor from college who was a master of playing devil’s advocate during […]