Originally Posted by
rustyhaight
The notion of dumbed down training is further complicated by a practice seen all too often in military and paramilitary training which all but eliminates actual failure. Instead of teaching the material, instructors "teach the final" exam and then, before actually administering that exam, often offer a "review" which - far too typically - is little more than a preparatory reading of the exam along the lines of "so, on the final, if you were to see a question that read something like: 'true or false...blah, blah, blah...' what would your answer be...?"
I'll be interested to see if any of our TSA folks here will deny the "foot stomp"/"exam review" routine. But I'm betting their silence will be deafening because I didn't stomp my foot once here.
I call BS on the allegation that military instructors only teach the test, and your quote of your so-called military instructor expert. In my recent 26 years of active duty Army, with assignment as a platform instructor, a drill sergeant and on the staff of the Sergeants Major Academy, I have heard the "foot stomp" oft mentioned, but seldom/never used.
How about you ask
TimKu when "he" was last an instructor, I suggest it is likely it was during Vietnam and he was dealing with draftees (no offense), or more difficult, a class full of McNamara's Project 100000? I suggest an instructor of any era who plainly admit they had to use cues and indicators is likely admitting failure in their ability to train their stiudents.
Actually, I would love to hear the depth and breath of experience rustyhaight has with the "practice seen all too often in military and paramilitary training" that he refers too.