PHILOSOPHER: Well, that’s strange. Why are these teachers always yelling? YOUTH: Why? Because the students do bad things. PHILOSOPHER: No, because if rebuking were effective as an educational approach, just doing it a few times at the outset should be enough to put a stop to the problem behaviour. Why do they end up always rebuking? Why do they always put on a scary face and always use a loud voice? Hasn’t it ever seemed odd to you?
I should mention this to Sharon.
