Food for Thought
Sometimes, even from my own mistakes, teachers will brush by a response from a student without acknowledging them at all. It is frustrating.
Case in point, today I responded to a "probing" question during a discussion. I may have been wrong (which I was), but instead of pushing or even voicing that I was a little off an accurate answer, the instructor just moved on to a new point. How did that make me feel?
"Just tell me I'm wrong."
Honestly, I would rather have the feedback that I am not moving in the right direction rather than being completely ignored. I feel as if I don't want to participate any longer because my input is devalued, and I'm no longer interested in paying attention.
 Now I can look back at when I accidentally may have done that to a student in class and feel like I should have addressed it differently. If I, as a teacher being "taught", feel this way, I can only imagine how discouraging it must be to be a student when this occurs.
