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Anon makes up a word (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Too many teachers assume if they admit they were wrong, the students will get more insolent, as if sensing weakness. I've briefly been an assistant teacher in a middle school, and I found that on the contrary, students seem to appreciate an earnest admission of mistake and calmly accept the apology. Even some students that would be insolent in other situations. When it's clear you're wrong and the student knows it, pretending you're right won't do any good. Acting in a respectable manner will get you more respect.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some teachers are just shitheads though.

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Never left school, mentally and physically.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

My experience with this just taught me that eventually most teachers will just default to authority. They will tell you to stop questioning or stop being difficult in order to prevent the class from getting off-track. Instead they miss a teachable moment both about academic integrity and being a decent person.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Works as a parent too. The kid thinks they're a genius for knowing something the parent/teacher doesn't, learns a valuable lesson that adults can be wrong, and learns how to find truth. When we conflict, I say, "let's look that up," whip out my phone and look for 2-3 reliable sources on whatever the subject is, and read it together. Then I explain why I thought what I thought, which is a valuable lesson in how biases can cloud our judgement, and sometimes I find I'm wrong about something related as well.

I'm usually right, but sometimes I'm wrong, and I think that's awesome.