Why do people shout when they are angry?

This was a question posed to my "classroom management" class by a relief tutor who happened to be my "ICT in Teaching" tutor. A few people volunteered their views, but none of them was what she had in mind.

After a little pondering, I found that what she said was rather true, that people shout because it serves to widen the distance between their hearts. The more you shout at a person, the further you are from the person in terms of the "heart distance". It's manifested as well in couples who are in love. Would two people who are truly in love shout at each other in normal circumstances? Could they bear to shout at their loved one? How true is it when it's applied to family members instead of your life-partner?

Another question to ponder: Does teaching necessarily constitute learning?

Well, the answer would, in truth, be a big "no". For why that is so, do think about it in your free time, since that is not really relevant to the everyday lives of most people.

We have been taught to, as much as we can, facilitate student-centered learning... but it is, in essense, not an easy task. We can churn out numerous activities which we think facilitate self-discovery of concepts by students, but we cannot be sure that students will learn, or if they are "discovering" the correct concepts. Perhaps therein lies the difference between a teacher and a good teacher.

A good teacher is not one who can teach, but one whom students can learn from.