Slater Brockman, Physics. he was a good teacher.

Time. But she kills all of her students.

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You had physics in school?

NFW!
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Talking about something is good but, allowing students to do it, try it, is way better. Get students off their ass from behind a desk, and on their feet. Allow them to get their hands dirty. For me, it makes all the difference.

Pain.

It was long, long, ago. There was less if it then.

Mister Franks who was our Ag/FFA teacher, he'd let us pull our pickups around the back of the ag shop at school on Fridays when class was out to BBQ and drink a few beers.

Absolutely 100% correct ^

... but it is getting more and more difficult to execute.

Experience.

Tell a kid how to do something- - - -show him how to do it- - - - -watch while he does it and correct his mistakes- - - -then have him show somebody else how it's done. That method worked for me for 30-something years, teaching several skilled trades.

I was fortunate in having many, many good teachers. The ones who really stand out are the ones who showed a real interest in me and taught me how to learn.

Yep.

It was right after lunch...before Philosophy and Spelling.

Mrs Zinn - my first grade teacher who taught me how to READ using the sight word method and Dick and Ja ne reader. It changed my life forever.

Sum fokes call it gym

He sure the fugg never took spelling.
Not a chance that he made it to physics.

Lots in the news the last few years about young female teachers teaching sex ed by the braille method. I never had one of those.