Teaching

[Anne Hall]

Let me add that if teachers NEVER do ANY work, on students' papers or their own, it may undermine their authority. I had such a teacher in high school. Perhaps she meant to avoid interfering or intimidating--she never said--but I came to believe the woman not only would not, but could not create anything of her own, and I doubted her every declaration. Of course I passed this judgment with all the wisdom of sixteen years...

I still have teachers do things on my work that I wish they hadn't (and sometimes they do too!). Looking upon my learning as a process as much as a product helps me handle these situations. Thinking analytically along the lines of "Hey, I think the way I drew the nose was more of a likeness because...." helps me as much as observing the more numerous occasions when the instructor truly improves on my efforts.

I always, always want the instructor to ask first.