What do you think of my pre-calculus teacher/dad's teaching method?

Amanda B

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First of all, homework is only worth ten percent. Tests are worth seventy percent, and the final is worth twenty percent. And he just asks if we did the homework, and we say yes or no, but he can decide to collect homework on a random basis. If you said that you did your homework but you didn't, you have twenty four hours to show him every assignment from the semester so far to get credit. And on top of that, he gives detention for lying.

He will answer questions about the homework, but you have to be super specific. You can't ask, "How do you do number 2?" You have to say, "How do you find the asymptote for the equation in problem 2?" Also, you have to have your book open to the problem, or he'll skip over you.

He also calls on people randomly during lectures, and if you don't know the answer to a problem, he makes you talk him through it as he does it on the board. Sometimes, he will make a big deal about trying to embarrass you if you don't get it, like saying, "I really don't get why you don't get this."

So, what do you think of this teaching method? Is it too strict for high school? What about middle school, if he were to do this there?
 
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