“Teachers who produced the most achievement were businesslike and task oriented… teachers who produced the least achievement were more concerned with personal relationships and affective objectives.” Students need an authoritative teacher, not another friend

@MrDanielBuck Interesting premise - def wrong conclusion. “Authoritative teacher” - sorry, I call Bullshit. I wouldn’t want my kids to listen to any authority. Including mine. Teachers should earn kids respect by being a great teacher - not by authority granted to them by status.

@blambroll @MrDanielBuck In my opinion - way better. I’ll have to think about “positive” cases of authority use. None come to mind, just after reading your reply. I can think of many though, when listening to authorities by default had devastating consequences. I’d rather my kids question…

@blambroll @ZachStoryX @MrDanielBuck THIS