<p>There is a likeability factor, whether we like it or not, in education.<br>
Having said that, the comment “Do you know what that says to me? It says that you don’t care about my class, and you don’t care about me.” should have ended with “care about my class.” </p>
<p>Coachability is an important part of the teacher/student relationship. As a music teacher, I have plenty of students who come to lesson after lesson, and I know from the get-go that every piece of advice I am giving them is flying out the window. Some student are just not going to do it. But I dish it out anyway. <em>sigh</em> I do not take it personally. 20 years of raising two young men taught me a LONG time ago not to take it personally.</p>