First Rule of Teaching

Being a teacher is a unique profession but not for reasons one might think. The truth is, today, nobody really wants to learn "process" thinking anyway. Teaching is an uphill battle. Most ideas are best when they are built through conversations, this is true of any good concepts; through a social framework and from multiple perspectives. This is not true of teaching. Teaching works best when everyone but the teacher shuts the fuck up. A conversation can occur after the rules are set. Teachers with stuff to say, "process" teachers, must lead, and leading can only happen in a power dynamic.

What is interesting about teaching is that it is a one-sided conversation really, in which students are paying and have to sit there. What must not be forgotten is that there is no explicit equality for a reason. An idea might benefit from equal perspectives, but a classroom doesn't. It is a huge modern mistake to equalize the classroom over a fascist model.

The first rule if there is to be any potential of learning from a real thinker is the all-too-forgotten "shut the fuck up" rule. If the teacher has nothing to offer, it doesn't matter anyway. If they do, pay your money and shut it.