There's always one......

Unless you've been extremely lucky, you've already met one of the most dreaded species of nursing-school teachers by now. She's a nice person and is probably a really, truly good nurse out in the field..... but she really shouldn't be teaching. Really.

Do you recognize any of these symptoms of the Teacher Who Should Not?

-Spends the entire class period showing Power Point slides.

-And reading directly from the slides.

-No, really, the entire class period.

-Sputters when asked to explain anything not printed on the slides. May well dodge the question.

-Has trouble clarifying unclear test questions because she didn't write them, she just checked boxes in the electronic test bank that came with the teacher's edition and let it write the test.

This teacher seems to have no grasp on the concept that we students have actually paid good money to take this class and that we might appreciate getting some teaching for that money instead of doing nothing that we couldn't do at home with our book. At least at home, we'd have a mug of hot chocolate standing by!

OK, let's take a moment to reflect on the wonder that is hot chocolate.

Great. Don't we all feel just a bit better now? Don't we all feel well-rested, joyously happy, and in just the right mood to share our own Teacher Who Should Not stories? You know you have one. [grin]