Teaching through Emotions
Teaching through Emotions
How This Teacher Navigated a Cheater’s Emotional Manipulation
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How This Teacher Navigated a Cheater’s Emotional Manipulation

Season 2 Episode 1: In which Joe and I talk about a compulsive cheater in a Spanish class

In this first episode of the second season of Teaching through Emotions, my co-host Joe and I tell a story about a cheater in a class taught by someone who can’t stand cheating. Our psychodynamic take on the story might surprise you.

  • We retell the outrageous lengths our cheater went to.

  • We share the teacher’s visceral responses to the cheater.

  • We wonder where the cheater’s True Self is.

  • We clarify what the teacher’s contributions are and how she can change them.

  • We tell how the story ended after the teacher did some emotion work on the problem.

  • We suggest axioms teachers can take away from this example.

Have you had a similar experience? Or maybe a different experience you’d love to share? Please leave a comment. Maybe I’ll contact you to do a podcast episode about YOU!

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