Teachers

You go to school.  
You sit in a room for fifty minutes and study 
history.  
Then they ring a bell, and you go into another room and study  

foreign language. 
Then they ring a bell, and you go into another room and study 
biology...

         

Doesn’t that seem a little unnatural to you?  

The world isn't divided up into little water-tight compartments of aerospace science, 

engineering, agricultural and environmental education, animal biology, animal 

science management, anthropology, art history, art studio, atmospheric science, avian 

sciences, biochemical engineering, biochemistry; molecular biology, biological sciences, 

biological systems engineering, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, cell biology, chemical 

engineering, chemistry, Chinese, civil engineering, classical civilization, clinical nutrition, communication, comparative literature, computer engineering, computer science, dramatic art, 
ecological management; restoration, economics, electrical engineering, English, entomology,restoration, economics, electrical engineering, English, entomology, exercise biology, fiber; polymer science, film studies, 

food science, French, genetics, geology, German, history, human development, hydrology, international agricultural development, international relations,

 Italian, Japanese, landscape architecture, linguistics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medieval & early modern studies, 

microbiology, music, neurobiology, physiology, nutrition science, optical science & engineering, philosophy, physics, plant biology, political science, 

psychology, religious studies, Russian, sociology, Spanish, statistics, textiles and clothing.

One teacher will say, “I teach chemical engineering.” 

Another will say, “I teach German.” 

Let us give five stars to the teacher that says, “I teach students.” 

What a novel idea!—treating students as if they were humans, rather than 

receptacles into which they can pour a single distilled subject.