The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively.

The teacher is the only one worth listening to.

"Thinking" is not something we talk about.

Most tasks and tests will demand recall of isolated pieces of information, and I will not have to show how concepts and ideas are related or how facts illustrate underlying principles.

If we ask enough questions about a difficult assignment, we can get the teacher to make it easier and less demanding.

There is one "right answer" to any question, and it is in the book to be read.

Books and teachers are always "right", and we learn only from them, not from any other resource in the room, such as our friends.