Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - I've about had it with the Anti-Teacher sentiment here.

WillowIX · 10-16-2002, 03:09 PM

Could it be that it´s easier to notice negative things? Since I studied for about 19 years I can truthfully say that I´ve had bad teachers. But I´ve also had plenty of good teachers. The sad part is that I remember the bad ones better since I´ve complained about them more often than praising my good teachers. It could also depend on which grade you´re in. When in uni I didn´t have a single bad teacher, mainly because the subject was so interesting. I really REALLY wanted to be a doctor and find the human body a very interesting subject. In high school some subjects were plain boring. That leads to less interesting lectures and probably "bad" teachers. A bad teacher to me is one who fails to teach the subject, not one who fails to make the subject interesting, that´s the students responsibility (mostly).

Now I don´t know who posted the drone thread, but a teacher who does nothing but stand in front of you listing facts in a monotone voice is IMO a bad teacher. He/she loses the students attention and then the lecture is lost and a waste of time. Now I´ve had 2 teachers doing that out of 50-60. So as I said in the beginning, it´s easier to notice the negative things.

10-16-2002, 03:09 PM	#9
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 51 Posts: 4,628	Could it be that it´s easier to notice negative things? Since I studied for about 19 years I can truthfully say that I´ve had bad teachers. But I´ve also had plenty of good teachers. The sad part is that I remember the bad ones better since I´ve complained about them more often than praising my good teachers. It could also depend on which grade you´re in. When in uni I didn´t have a single bad teacher, mainly because the subject was so interesting. I really REALLY wanted to be a doctor and find the human body a very interesting subject. In high school some subjects were plain boring. That leads to less interesting lectures and probably "bad" teachers. A bad teacher to me is one who fails to teach the subject, not one who fails to make the subject interesting, that´s the students responsibility (mostly). Now I don´t know who posted the drone thread, but a teacher who does nothing but stand in front of you listing facts in a monotone voice is IMO a bad teacher. He/she loses the students attention and then the lecture is lost and a waste of time. Now I´ve had 2 teachers doing that out of 50-60. So as I said in the beginning, it´s easier to notice the negative things. __________________ Confuzzled by nature.