You want to pass everything you know onto your student, you want your student to be excellent, you have high expectation, what if your student isn't as good as you require yet? Should you be touch, be harsh, even abusive like in the movie?
I teach English and Chinese and I mostly compliment and encourage my students, let them know that I appreciate what they are doing correctly and then point out the mistakes as well. After watching the movie, I just wonder, what if I get tough on my students? What would happen? Well, I dare not to experiment at the risk of frustrate them or even entirely destroy their interest in the subject.
English for kids, Chinese for college students, probably not something that they are really passionate about, not as much as Andrew Neiman the main character loves Jazz music at least. Being harsh to a student can work, even work very well, only if the student is the right material, the right person, only if the student has the passion, and you are sure that your being harsh can't diminish his/her passion at all, only make it stronger.
I wish I had a harsh tennis coach, for that's where my true passion is.
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