At dinner, Schiller and Victor did as they had at Gotham University, heading to the cafeteria together after class.
As soon as the dishes were served, Schiller could not help sighing. He told Victor what he had learned from Clark during the day, and Victor frowned deeply as he listened.
"They are indeed outstanding in every respect, but teaching is not that simple. Have you heard that Bruce gave two of his classes less homework?"
"Of course. But nothing he does surprises me anymore." Schiller shook his head and said, "Whenever I think about him becoming a professor, I feel that humanity's educational future has no light in it."
Victor laughed, then said, "Right now, the only people in the entire base with actual teaching experience are the two of us and Nora. Everyone else is still using medieval apprenticeship methods."
"Yes. They think the modern classroom system is nothing more than taking on a few extra apprentices. That kind of thinking is truly fatal."
"I heard you were going to hold a teaching seminar? I remember that when you were at the university, you hated attending faculty workshops."
"Because too many of the topics were the same old clichés, meant for newly hired teachers. I would rather spend that time grading graduate students' papers."
"But subjects that are old hat to us may still be new to the Justice League members. Are you planning to teach them some modern educational theory?"
"There is no time." Schiller cut into a piece of steak and said, "They have already taught several classes. Rather than studying theory now, it is better to teach them practical methods directly. They can imitate the model, and they will not go too far wrong."
"But if you do not discuss the theory, can you persuade them?