I believe it is important to get to know students and their idiosyncrasies. But in post-high school, and in trade schools, that information is not generally able to be freely learned. Particularly, among students from a common area, who are likely to become competitors when out in the workforce, such as in the electrical trade. TMI can be a problem, especially where instructors may not have the qualifications necessary to deal with particulars unrelated to the immediate electrical subject/module, or even the electrical trade in general.
I feel the generalities EL102 covers miss the more specific particulars we face as Electrical Instructors preparing our students for the real world, demanding world of working in the electrical field. That is what I feel most qualified to do, and also what my understanding of what PCI hired me to do. I'm seeing students requiring way too much individual instructor input. These are not children, but young adults, certainly of an age to be beyond some of the Mother Robin neediness which detracts from the overall learning environment of all the students.
