I don’t know if that would work as well today, but the power came from respect that the tenured professor never let wane.
I don’t know if it would work today, because kids aren’t being taught respect, or much of anything else by their parents, and schools can barely manage to teach them the basics, let alone any social mores. No disrespect to teachers, it’s the admin and government policies tying their hands.
I had two professors at uni. One fresh out of promotion, one that was close to retirement.
The former had great trouble getting the lecture hall to get silent, with lots of ‘please be quiet’ and ‘i really want to start now’.
The latter just stood at the plinth and looked into the room for ten seconds, for complete silence.
Amazing difference
I don’t know if that would work as well today, but the power came from respect that the tenured professor never let wane.
I don’t know if it would work today, because kids aren’t being taught respect, or much of anything else by their parents, and schools can barely manage to teach them the basics, let alone any social mores. No disrespect to teachers, it’s the admin and government policies tying their hands.
That’s part of it. But I’ve tried it myself and it works very well. Getting the attitude right is important.
In my country, talking in schools will get you kicked out of the classroom.