My experience with this just taught me that eventually most teachers will just default to authority. They will tell you to stop questioning or stop being difficult in order to prevent the class from getting off-track. Instead they miss a teachable moment both about academic integrity and being a decent person.
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loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Too many teachers assume if they admit they were wrong, the students will get more insolent, as if sensing weakness. I’ve briefly been an assistant teacher in a middle school, and I found that on the contrary, students seem to appreciate an earnest admission of mistake and calmly accept the apology. Even some students that would be insolent in other situations. When it’s clear your wrong and the student knows it, pretending you’re right won’t do any good. Acting in a respectable manner will get you more respect.
derfunkatron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Works as a parent too. The kid things they’re a genius for knowing something the parent doesn’t, learns a valuable lesson that adults can be wrong, and learns how to find truth. When we conflict, I say, “let’s look that up,” whip out my phone and look for 2-3 reliable sources on whatever the subject is.
I’m usually right, but sometimes I’m wrong, and I think that’s awesome.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some teachers are just shitheads though.
kshade@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Never left school, mentally and physically.