ABSTRACT
This chapter talks about a teacher's role. Teachers may lead students to find lifetime fulfillment, or inflict an aversion to learning that is never overcome. Granted, the effects of taking a single course may be minimal, but even so instructors may never realize the impact of what they have said and done. One temptation professors need to resist is to allow their pedagogical authority to lead them into talking and acting as if their judgments are beyond reproach. A faculty member should always keep in mind this question: If another qualified instructor were in my place, might that individual offer opinions that differ from my own? If so, the teacher should alert students and thereby contribute to their understanding. The chapter concerns the possible effects of criticism on a student's psyche misunderstands the professor's role. Granted, some students are emotionally unstable. But in those cases one need to remember that a philosopher is not a clinical psychologist.
