Education as a two-way street (Pam Dorian) - 2 views
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He never presented himself as a guy who has all the answers (though I suspect he has a better grasp on them than we do). Instead, he encouraged us to work TOGETHER -- teacher and student -- to discover the truth. In fact, he took it a step further and actually let us AUTHOR our own textbook -- that is, he trusted us enough to let us control the blog. As a student, this sort of trust motivates you to live up to expectations. It's actually a lot of pressure ("he expects us to partially direct the class ourselves? Well jeez we better make this interesting...")