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The “Tongue in Cheek” Episode
Statement of the Whole: With our society rejoicing in that which is extraordinary, we offer numerous suggestions to the classroom teacher on how to “be the worst teacher ever.” Only by faithfully pursuing these characteristics will a teacher someday here those wonderful words, “You were the worst teacher I ever had.”
One characteristic of really terrible teaching is to eschew all forms of form, including outlines. These only make things confusing by making them so clear. So we refuse to offer an outline of this episode.
Books these days seem focused on helping teachers become better teachers, not the worst teacher ever. So we don’t have much in the way of resources to offer. But here is one work that you might find interesting after listening to this episode:
- Fires in the Bathroom, by Kathleen Cushman