I like to work closely with my students. Geology is a science in which basic skills like mapping and measuring sections can lead to important new discoveries and re-interpretations. Francis Pettijohn, one of the grand old men of sedimentary geology once remarked that an outcrop is a sobering thing. A core is just a skinny outcrop and well logs are an inexpensive substitute for core, so graduate student can do subsurface as well as surface geology. I subscribe wholeheartedly to this philosophy.
Good teachers share their knowledge and arouse the curiosity of their students.
In every class, I try to impart my enthusiasm for learning and my concern for the needs and aspirations of the students. I have high expectations of students. I want them to have high expectations of me. I come to class organized and prepared, and ask students to do the same. I try to treat students politely and fairly, and ask them to treat me the same way.