ABSTRACT
Robert Benchley once remarked that "There are two kinds of people, those who classify things and those who don't." Since I belong to the first group, I tend to classify teachers according to those who still employ the little-redschool-house model of learning by lecturing and those who daily engage their students in active learning. I do so not only because most of my former teachers assumed that they were the most important part of the learning process but also because the lecture method dominates among too many teachers even today. In contrast, the so-called Socratic teacher knows that the student is the most important part of the learning process.
