I believe one valuable concept related in this course so far was the idea behind not speaking down to students and not portraying oneself to be all knowing. Besides the fact that there is always someone with more intelligence with one subject or another, I believe it establishes an instant adversarial class room component. It can establish an “I’ll show him/her” state of mind that can resonate not only with one class but within an entire program. I for one strive to avoid this by recognizing that learning is a life-long process and students do have insight into subjects that I may have not considered.