Over the years I've trained dozens of IT graduates as Programmers and have been
pretty successful. There have been times when I've rolled up a magazine and hit
graduates around the head.
Call it "effective communications
".
Some years ago in WA the captain was over in the terminal between sectors. I sat in the aeroplane with about 20 mins to ETD. I had done the walk-around and the pre-flight had been completed. The TO data card had been filled and all that was required was the pax and the captain.
The captain came to the aircraft and whacked me in the back of the head with a rolled up magazine saying "come on slacker, stop staring out the window". I told the captain that hitting me with a rolled up magazine was offensive and that she was not to do it again. The captain then said "I am the captain and I'll hit you as often as I like" whilst proceeding to hit me repeatedly with said rolled up magazine. I then unfastened my harness, slid me seat back reached over and grabbed her magazine and threw it about half-way down the cabin of the areoplane.
She never disrespected me (to my face) again.