The Secret Weapon of Teaching Politeness in the Classroom

One of your secret weapons is the way that you asked the questions that other people do condescendingly with genuine humility and curiosity. I find myself thinking like okay is this a Minnesota skill that you practice? Tell me where you learn this and how the rest of us can do it. It truly is from the classroom. Any teacher will tell you this that the relationship that they built with students is of utmost importance, perhaps even more important than just the curriculum that they're teaching.