The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it.
The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic.
Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.
I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade.
I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.
Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University.
One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.
Great teaching - just plain old knock 'em dead, get it right, make 'em laugh, make 'em wonder instruction - is always going to be rare. Good teachers abound. Great ones are special.
Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best of these schools are characterized not so much by what they teach and how they teach it but by the extent they provide opportunities and encouragement for students to teach themselves.
I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.