We're having a gap in understanding each other's word choices. I said learn from, not taught by. You said a teacher shouldn't be guided by students. We each said "no" to each other but when reading the totality, it seems we agree.

Here's one of 12 short poems in one piece I posted recently, each filling in the blank after "I believe _______"

"the smartest students

those who ask the best questions

make Socrates proud

polymaths are arrogant

philomaths show most wisdom"

The others are here if you're interested: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/what-i-believe-c90b971c55d5