Over three decades of teaching has taught me that it’s impossible to teach students. I can only teach English literature to students. And to do that I need to know a lot more about English literature than I ever plan to teach. —Nils Clausson —How to Tell the Good Teacher From the Bad. (Irascible Professor)
Via Mike Arnzen’s PEDABLOGUE
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<unapproved>Teaching is a worship.
<unapproved>Actually very soon I am going to be appointed as an English Teacher to teach classes Ix and Xth So I want the knowledge to teach literature.