This article bugged me.
Look, I get that professors shouldn't air
their dirty laundry or too much personal information in class. Point
taken. But the idea that we shouldn't talk about our own academic
struggles or failures? Baffling--especially when it comes to writing
instruction. Maybe that's a misreading or over-reading of the
researchers' conclusions (and I suspect that it is the latter--their use
of the ominous phrase "engaged with caution" suggests as much). But if
it *is* an over-reading, then their message is, essentially, "Hey, don't
do too much of these two things." In this case, those things are
over-sharing and talking about your failures because they will damage
your credibility and lead to incivility in the classroom. But guess
what? I don't need a scientific study to show me that's true. Balance is
key. We get it.
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