When I first started out in this business(more than 30 years ago), I had a position within a very large psychology faculty in Canada. There was a faculty member there who would write memos to us all about good teaching that were not unlike those under current discussion. He saw the classroom as a family. He was also widely disliked within the faculty. In my junior status, I took his missives to be somewhat instructive and I asked others why they seemed to dislike his communications. One response that I still remember was this. How would you feel if you belonged to a group of concerned parents but one of your members deigned to tell you how you should be a parent (This was before we used "parent" as a verb)?
This tips group is a collection of people who only belong to the group because they care about teaching. Being challenged about our sensitivity to the cares of our students is equivalent to asking a group of concerned parents whether or not they want their children to thrive. Bill Scott --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
