I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher like my parents. I failed – no I didn't fail a class I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history through the plays of the time. My God those were boring plays.
In other words if a teacher only teaches in one way then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability when in fact it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.
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A friend of mine said no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.