As you know, my sons are both bilingual. My oldest had a teacher who would not allow any criticism, even if she made a really bad mistake in English. My youngest had one who would always ask him if she didn't know. Guess which teacher was more respected? Oh, and the son of a friend was told by a teacher that the word sibling does not exist in English, that would be "brother and sister".
Being a lover of the awkward question as I am.... I very quickly learnt which teachers didn't mind being questioned and which ones REALLY didn't like it! I guess that some teachers hold their 'authority' higher than their role as teacher or educator. It's OK - even for a teacher - not to know *everything*. Not knowing is PART of the teaching/learning process. Teachers can learn too...!
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As you know, my sons are both bilingual. My oldest had a teacher who would not allow any criticism, even if she made a really bad mistake in English. My youngest had one who would always ask him if she didn't know. Guess which teacher was more respected?
Oh, and the son of a friend was told by a teacher that the word sibling does not exist in English, that would be "brother and sister".
Being a lover of the awkward question as I am.... I very quickly learnt which teachers didn't mind being questioned and which ones REALLY didn't like it! I guess that some teachers hold their 'authority' higher than their role as teacher or educator. It's OK - even for a teacher - not to know *everything*. Not knowing is PART of the teaching/learning process. Teachers can learn too...!
There's literally no way I can know everything and at this point I'm like, "Let's Google it!!" and then we go on an adventure. win-win for everyone.
Exactly! Teaching is learning twice!
It is! I tell my kids all the time that there is plenty of stuff I don't know but we can always do our research and find out together.
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