Perhaps the greatest reward for any educator is when a student comes up and asks the question 'why' or 'how' on any topic other than grades. I have had that experience a few times this week. Today a student asked me to explain the concept behind the Holt Model for forecasting, and how it would be used. She then related it to finance and how she uses the same concepts in Portfolio theory. Another student wanted to know why cross-docking isn't risk pooling. These questions show that the students have exercised their brain- I count that as a success in my metric.
On the other hand, a great disappointment, if not the greatest, is when students cheat or plagiarize. I had had those happen too. Little children can be taught the difference between right and wrong and can be corrected. When students are adults, the educator is simply at a loss.
Our society has a long way to go before harnessing the enormous potential hidden and waited to be discovered in the human race.
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