Common Instructor Mistakes
Presented to a classroom for the first time is a challenge to knowledge and a personal impact. We must prepare. Gain recognition and acceptance of students takes time. I think respect goes hand in hand with the skill we develop to solve correctly the problems of students, when they themselves note that advance that are close to your goals and go hand in hand with us. As you rightly say, we are human and make mistakes as such, it is wise to correct, and humor is definitely a great tool for this.
Hi MICHELE,
You are right, we have to stay in our place as a professional.
Patricia Scales
It is hard to watch a student make a personal mistake. It's hard not to want to give them advice and hold their hand but it is not our place.
I think it's really easy to try to be a friend to our students to avoid having them dislike us. In doing so, we are immediately setting up a bad situation where the students can begin to take advantage of you.
