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Perhaps it is the emotional reaction which may spark learning. Many of my strongest lessons have been taught to me by people I don't along with and thoroughly
by m0llusk 8y ago
Perhaps it is the emotional reaction which may spark learning. Many of my strongest lessons have been taught to me by people I don't along with and thoroughly loathe. This is the basis of one of the fundamental lessons I tell all serious students and acolytes: As much as you need mentors you need to have an enemy. Someone who provides dramatic contrast and direct competition can teach important lessons that cannot be learned any other way.
- mettamage 8y agoCould you give an example? This particular teacher was a dictator and didn't allow for any autonomy and acted like the class material was much more difficult than it actually was. Note: we were master students and other classes that didn't do dictatorial handholding were much better. I had studied 2 bachelors and 0.5 masters up to this point. Why do I then need to come to a lecture on how to learn JavaScript or otherwise I'd fail the class for not coming? I was more knowledgeable than what the guest speaker was teaching! (variables, loops, if-statements, functions) Teachers that say: it's on you to come to the lecture and if you fail the class because you never show up that's on you, are much more my style.