The word maskenfreiheit and its meaning were worth the time it took to read this article. Teaching is a role with easily understood behaviours and conventions -

The word maskenfreiheit and its meaning were worth the time it took to read this article. Teaching is a role with easily understood behaviours and conventions - anyone who has shied (sic) away from getting involved with training or teaching through worries about introversion or shyness should be reassured. One comment left on the original article mentioned the 'networking' sessions with coffee which are such a feature of academic conferences these days. My method for handling those is to go into facilitator mode (get people talking, set up groups &c). Can't help it.