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Instructors should inspire not scare

Dear Steve

Those recently published tales of instructors deliberately scaring ab initio students witless are indeed shameful. Clearly I was much more fortunate. Those who took me through my early stages to UPPL and later gave me endorsements all had different approaches. Some were better teachers than others but all were conduits of knowledge. They also inspired me to read and build experience from the knowledge of others. That’s the essence of good teaching in any discipline.

In one’s newbie days the best instructors let you fly the