Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Dentists and Teachers

I heard this on the radio and have been giving it some serious thought...are teachers (traditional content-driven/delivery type teachers) a good deal like a dentists, free to harangue all they wish to a captive audience?

My dentist tries to establish rapport and maintain dialogue, even when my mouth is full of tools. I find that a bit disturbing.

I know some dentists really do just carry on a monologue the entire time they are working over patients. Typically, the patient has no opportunity to interject or interact. It's a one-way communication.

I sure hope my teaching is nothing like that.

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