While we are certainly all discussing attrition and its relationship to the students' stress, I wonder if our own stress as instructors is a factor in our ability to address these issues. It's a difficult line to walk. As the reading points out, we all have stress and different mechanisms for coping with stress. I do all that I can to understand my students' stress, and I make clear to them early on that I have stress, too. I try to avoid statements like "If I can do this, anyone can." But at the same time, I have to maintain… >>>
