Creating Relationships (bjoernw.squarespace.com)

This guy is all too right that

"The best way to add value to a student's education is to create passion and excitement."

I notice that in the classes I've enjoyed most I was assigned very little work, but learned alot.

A nice comment on how teachers ruin their own classes by overloading with material instead of exciting the student about the subject (which would induce self-learning outside the class, and a persistent interest beyond grades).