Book Promo 1 (So Bad at Drawing)
A teacher's terrible dog drawing destroys students' respect, which frees them to take intellectual risks.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-17-book-promo-1/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Students: "Amazing!" "You're so bad at drawing."
Teacher (next to a crude dog drawing labeled 'Dog'): "But... you still respect me, yes?"
Student 1: "Not at all! This is the final nail in the coffin of our esteem for you."
Student 2: "And with no reason to fear the meaningless disapproval of a nincompoop, we now feel comfortable taking intellectual risks!"
Teacher: "I'll call it a win!"