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> What makes a teacher successful? ... Their No. 1 finding: "They were strict," she says. "None of us expected that." Teachers are not successful because they
by ronaldx 13y ago
> What makes a teacher successful? ... Their No. 1 finding: "They were strict," she says. "None of us expected that."
Teachers are not successful because they are strict (it's not directly causative): they are successful because they are in command of the classroom.
You can gain better command of a classroom through fear of abuse, yes, but this is not a method we should aspire to.
- Ntrails 13y agoStrictness and abuse are completely unrelated. To imply that to require pupils obey rules is abuse is mind boggling.
- ronaldx 13y agoThe article is deliberately connecting the two (e.g. in the first paragraph), which is why I comment on it.
- Ntrails 13y agoThe quote you used was from a paper unrelated to abuse in any fashion, the anecdote at the beginning of the article was not relevant to that quote.
- mseebach 13y ago7th paragraph: > Now I'm not calling for abuse; I'd be the first to complain if a teacher called my kids names
- ronaldx 13y agoThe fact that the 7th paragraph says "Now I'm not calling for..." implies that the connection was made in the first 6 paragraphs, yes.
- mattlutze 13y ago> Now I'm not calling for abuse; I'd be the first to complain if a teacher called my kids names. No, the article explicitly creates a separation.
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