They seem to think they know what students need to learn. I would rather develop the confidence in you that you know what you need to learn. I like active learners. I like responsible learners. I reward real students.
Some students are lazy too.
They want to come to class, kick back and let the teacher entertain them. Sometimes I reward the other kinds of students too, we all make make mistakes. I don't think of school as a place for consumers like that any more. It doesn't seem fair somehow that a student should pay a premium fee to get into a class and then have the teacher give them a poor grade. Somehow teachers have to be good judges of character in their students.