When you enter zis klassraum Leave yehr mutter tongue behind - As an agent of sie Linguistic Gestapo The only language accepted here is MINE! If one word ov yaur native language iz heard Zer will be strikt penalty. If several phrases of yaur native language are uttered You shall be asked ta leave. Only by ruthlessly exterminating sie L1 Kann wie föster sie L2 - Alt expressions und ideas mußt be sterilized Beföre official thoughts are Intröduced. Seig heil zu unsurer Linguistic Empire Und sie Language uhh Official Text Buche. Eradicate inferior languages! Und non-comförmist outlooks!

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Tim:	You know, some teachers are virtual autocrats. They aren't so different from government dictators, except that their fiefdoms are small classrooms.
Liao :	More often than not we see the other extreme: teachers who don't have enough power to influence anything. A certain kind of strength known as "chi" is necessary for teaching.
Satoru:	Perhaps what's needed is balance. Yeah, sometimes teachers need to be directive, but they must use restraint. Once productive learning is happening, teachers should step back and be invisible.
Melissa:	Seemz idealistic. How do we really know when learning is happening?
Liao:	Intuition. Without that, not much effective teaching is possible.
Melissa:	In an ideal class, perhaps everyone is a 'teacher' and all are co-learners. In the real world, however, isn't someone is needed to guide and jump-start the process?