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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The taste of a poison paradise
I think my ecosystem is fairly healthy at this point in the term. The only toxic problems are a couple of partnerships that have more or less needed marriage counseling. In the past, I have seen toxic classrooms that stem from a total lack of respect between students and their teacher. My first year teaching […]