Pedagogue 1100 Words You Need Week 23 Day 3

Pedagogue 1100 Words You Need Pedagogue 1100 Words You Need /ˈped.ə.gɒg/ (noun) a strict teacher who is not interesting, teacher, instructor, tutor, educator, schoolteacher, lecturer, pedantic teacher “SHOUTS, SCREAMS, THREATS, curses, and stamping... and on special occasions even the crashing of furniture.” This is how famed American pianist and pedagogue Gary Graffman — and a host of other pupils — describe their lessons with Steinway Immortal Isabelle Afanasievna Vengerova (pronounced Vehn-geh-ROH-vah). But her popularity as one of the twentieth century’s greatest pedagogues was not built on those characteristics alone. “Madame,” as she was affectionately called by her students, was brutally honest, but consistently patient. ...