by NRB | 29 Jul 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
In 1974 I held a one-year lectureship in History at the University of Melbourne. I hated it, from the physical setting to the teaching itself. When I was an undergraduate ten or so years before, the History Department had been housed in the imposing Victorian Old Arts...
by NRB | 27 Dec 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I never liked teaching and unlike the people mentioned in a previous column I was no good at it. As a young man I was shy and self-conscious. These are not good attributes for a teacher. A teacher should be confident and know when to exercise authority and when to let...