>even the most engaged student cannot be expanded to do the opposite of mutiny: engage the less able students in the class. Sure they can. I try to leverage th

>even the most engaged student cannot be expanded to do the opposite of mutiny: engage the less able students in the class. Sure they can. I try to leverage the better students in exactly this way. We're often encouraged to engage students in this way (there is usually a seminar about it at least semi-annually). >Why is it that the relationship between an engaged student and a teacher is an individual one? FERPA, And I think that's mostly the right way to do things. Instructors shouldn't make direct references to other students, even though it is often impossible not to.