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- They should leave their personal problems and nonteach-
ing responsibilities behind. - They should remember that the student has never heard
any of this before. - They should make an event out of the class.
- If they enjoy themselves, their students will enjoy them-
selves—and learn. - Above all, they could get more attention and have
greater impact if they stopped thinking about them-
selves as disciplinarians and remembered that their func-
tion is communication.
Again, if whoever is in the front of the room isn’t communi-
cating, that person is not a teacher. That’s why I like to think of
teaching not merely as a speaking process, but as a selling process
too.
In no profession more than the teaching profession are these
words more meaningful:
No one has the right to be dull.