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Even as an elementary kid—although I had some great teachers—I could pick out immediately when a teacher was wrong/unable to be intellectually honest about that. From that point, I would NEVER trust that teacher again and challenge everything/anything they told me or had me do. https://twitter.com/support_a_teach/status/1278398649723088896
Coming to think about that—I still do that. It is what has helped me be successful. Intellectually honestly doesn’t mean I have to agree. Pure political reason can be a honest reason. Just don’t say it’s something else and punish others for same thing. That’s duplicity.
Motivating and taught me a lot about conquering challenges & innovation: together w teacher, we iterated-trying different ways to find answers/options that worked or didn't work. This iterative process is a major success factor in the highest performing teams I work with today.
What was so motivating was when a teacher said they didn’t know and let’s figure it out together. As a student I would tend to jump into the learning driver seat to help teacher figure it out. 
