This article gave several points on how tough teachers benefit students more than the creative, nice teaching methods. When compared to the rest of the world, the US showed drastic differences in math and science scores. Why was that so? Teaching methods for these subjects between the US and other, more successful nations, were drastically different. Discipline and memorization was enforced against the popular American belief that a child must learn in creative variety. Studies showed those who were made to memorize and study outside of one's "own will" did drastically better. Not only that, but these students were more confident in hard work than just being praised for being smart. The overall example was of a teacher, named Mr.K, who conducted his orchestra in what would today be considered a "harsh" manner but undeniably had positive results.
I actually strongly agree with Mr. K's methods because that is exactly what makes me perform best- pressure amd discipline. The times in my life I have been most successful were times I was least comfortable and most challenged. If there's no challenge, why perform. I also strongly agreed with the point made that "If success meant they were smart, struggling meant they were not." Throughout my lifetime, on numerous occasions I've got the "I want to be like you because you're so smart. Or congratulations on being so smart. Glad you could do it" and these things are more of a slap in the face than anything. My SAT scores will tell you I'm not a genius. However, my GPA appears otherwise- but I work my tail off. There's a line between disciplined teaching and looking out for a child's well-being. You have to know the students well enough and know your methods well enough to be able to secure such a classroom. It all depends on how much effort you want to put in and how far you want the children to go when they are no longer bound by the four walls of a classroom.
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