Do you point out your teacher's mistakes?

[boysenberry]

Normally, in the classroom setting would you point out your teacher's mistakes if you spotted a mistake in the information they were providing? If so, what is the best way in which you go about doing this? If you are fairly bright and you do this excessively you will make your teacher feel inadequate and yourself guilty. You may even be seen as a jerk for doing so. So do you guys just leave it and manoeuvre yourselves around the mistakes and remain quiet? Or do you guys ask about it after the lesson and just point it out towards your teacher when everybody has left as to save the humility? I have heard many teacher's tell us students to always point any incorrect information that we spot, however through experience I think they just say this to hide a bit of their own grim frustrations for when a situation actually does come when a student questions any incorrectness displayed. Teacher's often have taught their relevant subjects for years and well I don't think anyone likes to be proved wrong. So how does everybody here react when they spot any mistakes in the classroom?

[m@tty]

Depends on the teacher and the students, as well as the actual size/importance of the mistake. If it is of any consequence I always try and say something, but if it is like a simple miscalculation or oversight in maths then I'll leave it. Normally I'll hint at it to the teacher, so they can pick it up themselves and then tell the class, to save the awkward "Ahh, your wrong  :idiot2: ".. haha. The way I think about it is, if you leave it, it will sully someone's understanding of the material, as well as creating potential for losing marks in SACs and exams. So a kind of responsibility of knowledge...

But also, remember that you are not necessarily right. If you keep quiet and don't question the "fault" then you may not rectify a misconception of your own. Perhaps there are exceptions, etcetera, etcetera

So yeah, always best to voice your concern in some way or another. Though a blatant "WRONG!" in front of the class is not advisable.

[akira88]

It all depends on how big the error is, like m@tty said above. A small spelling mistake does not need to be corrected, but if it were something that contradicted an idea or would stuff up a whole bunch of calculations really badly, then yes

[tram]

personally, i think yes, you should always point out mistakes. Either it will help the class, or it will help you(if you are wrong) by finding our how your logic if flawed. Which in turn helps the class.

Having said that, it would depend on the teacher. For instance, our spech teacher purposely will put mistakes in his notes to check if we are actually thinking about what we are writing down, not just mindlessly copying. I know becuase everytime one of us even puts up our hand, and starts to speak, he just nods and makes the correction he knows we're about to point out. having said that, he does make actual mistakes and don't mind it at all when we point out little things like copying dwon mistakes, etc.

On the other hand, i would feel a bit weird corecting my chem teacher.....basically, it comes down to the teaching enviroment and how friendly you are with your teacher

[kyzoo]

Omg tram, the Spesh teacher at our school is the exact same. Now there's a group of people on our Spesh class who are always suspicious of what he writes on the board, and do not hesitate to voice their doubts about the validity of what he is teaching. xD I made it sound evil, but it really isn't, it induces a vibrant class environment. Similar thing happens in Physics: a particular group of people are always asking questions and pointing out mistakes.

There one particular student at my school who constantly asks any questions he may have (especially in Spesh, Chem and Physics), and perpetually voices his doubts or confusion with what is being taught. Personally I don't find it annoying at all, it's more like an integral part of how the class operates.

As for what I do, most of the time this aforementioned student will point out mistakes instantly and I won't say anything. But sometimes I have a problem with the teaching material that no-one else has thought of, and then I'll voice my concerns.

[tram]

lol the quote that sums up my spech teacher's attutide to questions is "Don't be afraid to ask quesitons,the excecutions for mistakes begin next week"

he hates if we don't question him

[xSkittles]

of course. ihad had this teacher who i think was dumb he told me to skip thse questin cos he didnt know how to do it.

[boysenberry]

of course. ihad had this teacher who i think was dumb he told me to skip thse questin cos he didnt know how to do it.

LOL!

[ben92]

I do this pretty often in French [near-fluent speaker.] He's grateful when I do it but my IT teacher says he thinks I'm a smartass.

[Visionz]

I correct most of them when im in the mood to talk. Spelling mistake and all. I particularly like correcting one teacher on their grammar.

[tram]

see, that the thing, sorry visionz >.<, but unless you have that type of relationships with the teacher, i think correcting small things like spelling and grammar is a bit useless and can get a bit annoying.....whereas a just as careless mistake with numbers, say an incorrect copying of a formula, actually would matter

[kyzoo]

Although if it's something important I sometimes leave it so that my classmates don't learn anything that will improve them.

VCE is all about the game.

Err what? Isn't that disadvantaging you because it will lower your cohort's performance on the exams, hence minimizing your final sac grade?

[littlebecc]

Grrr, i get so frustrated with people who correct one 'spelling word' or whatever, when they know what it means
Infuriates me.

[tram]

I do it randomly to suck up to my teacher and to let the teacher know I'm paying close attention. Although if it's something important I sometimes leave it so that my classmates don't learn anything that will improve them.

VCE is all about the game.

dude, sif you do this...........

Grrr, i get so frustrated with people who correct one 'spelling word' or whatever, when they know what it means
Infuriates me.

exactly my problem with stupid corrections

[Cthulhu]

I do it randomly to suck up to my teacher and to let the teacher know I'm paying close attention. Although if it's something important I sometimes leave it so that my classmates don't learn anything that will improve them.

VCE is all about the game.

Well aren't you a bit of a cunt.