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Originally Posted by desertdog71  Now of course students should be expected to self study and be taught how to use the tools around them to get information. However when a student asks a question about something, the answer can't always be "look it up" or "Go read"
If the student just isn't comprehending the material then we have failed as an instructor. Not the other way around. |
Agreed.
Here's spoon feeding:
I had a student not long ago who refused to memorize the prep material that I had provided him prior to an instrument checkride. Things like "what requirements must be met before you can descend below MDA/DA". We had gone over it a number of times and I had explained in great, glorious detail, but he couldn't remember the stuff.
When I was quizzing him and he couldn't cough up the answers, he had a temper tantrum and told me it was my job to repeat the material enough times until he remembered it, because that's what he was paying for.
I was able to make him see the light, but I expect that his attitude isn't unique, even when not expressed so explicitly.