Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Given we are discussing teaching and teachers I wonder if any of you had nick names for some teachers? As in my high school, one was known as, "Basher Reid!" We learned from fear in his class room, but you truly learned and remembered every word he said. :-) It wasn't this mamby pamby nonsense of today with the anti-discipline crowd! Fooling around and you were in for a solid smack on the side of the head.... or head banged against the desk top! Therefore every second in his class it was totally committed learning, what he was saying, showing! And teaching! And when he finished a lesson... HE ASKED QUESTIONS!!! And you bloody well had better have the right answer! If not, you stayed after school until you answered any question he asked about that day's lessons! Some times he'd throw in a sneaker question from the day before. And you really needed the correct answer for that one. Didn't you do your homework? A small example of how he "RULED!" One day just outside his class room a student was fooling around in the hall trying to get inside his locker and close the door! "Basher Reid" came out of his class, not a word spoken. Grabbed the kid, pushed him inside the locker, slammed the door, spun the lock so it couldn't be opened without the correct numbering. Walked back into class and continued. Meanwhile everyone cleared out of the hallway leaving the student at the mercy of Basher Reid who eventually, a few hours later asked the student through the door what were the numbers, then he let him out with one question. "Do you think we will ever have to do this again?" The kid was crying and offered.... "No Sir!" Basher smiled and offered, "Now that's a good lesson learned today! Right?" The student shook his head to the affirmative! "Yes Sir!" The bottom-line is........... we learned every second in his class, it was interesting, informative and he always left us anxious to get back the next day for more. And yes still in fear! Hey if you didn't fool around you didn't have a fear, screwing around and Bam! And it hurt! But you learned not to do it again! :-) Today try and teach in this fashion, lets say when you have a student messing around and you gave him a good smack after you've politely asked for quiet. You'd be sued, fired and hung out to dry! The student & his parents would sue the school principal, teacher for discrimination and violence toward their sweet "smart ass" child! Who probably needed a few damn good smacks at home for behavior in any event! Jeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhh you know I'm one of those old guys who believes one good smack deserves another if you still don't behave! It's called discipline! And respect! the old doc guy! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] the ultimate digest Leica criticism thread > in that case, s/he's late, as usual ;-) > phx > > > George Lottermoser wrote: > >> and >> >> "when the student is ready >> a teacher appears." >> >> ;~) >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 2, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: >> >>> 'You can't teach anyone anything, you may only place them in a >>> position where they may learn;' >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.424 / Virus Database: 270.14.45/2476 - Release Date: 11/02/09 07:51:00