Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Sep 12, 5:01 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

What I'm stressing here is that not cursing at a student goes MUCH
further than the respect issue. It's actually a quality of instruction
issue and as such I place it high on the list of things that instructors
should learn to do correctly.

Generally agreed, but I would argue that you can't have quality of
instruction without respect.

-Robert

I agree, and I would counter that you don't have to shout or curse at a
student to gain that respect. In fact, with most students, that is
EXACTLY the fastest way to LOSE that respect.
Most students want their instructors to be thorough, concise,
knowledgeable, friendly, and above all, professional at all times.
Achieving this relationship with a student can easily be done without
being a "pussy", while on the other hand, shouting and cursing at a
student negates enough of the prime good teaching requisites I've
mentioned to eliminate these two factors from any competent instruction
method and classify them as a negative.

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Dudley Henriques