Effective Listening and Notetaking
American educators advocate an ideal of close, friendly relationships between teachers and
students. But this ideal is not necessarily shared by the majority of your counterparts. Many of
these teachers put the highest priority on respect. This is not to say that they discount friendship
with their students, but it has to be a friendship built on a respect which acknowledges the
teacher's authority.
Does this mean keeping a distance from your students? Not necessarily. What it does mean is
knowing the range of behavior that is acceptable and appropriate for your position as a teacher in
daily contact...
