You can create as many Bizarro lectures as you’d like, but the results will always be the same. Students won’t learn, they’ll be bored, and you will ultimately hate teaching. Yes, you should put as much effort as possible into every learning session to create active learning experiences.
What I Should Have Said…
I couldn’t do what my mind was screaming to do which was to yell through the rant explaining that of COURSE it hadn’t worked! The way he went about implementing it was ludicrous! He had coupled poor classroom management skills with a half-baked attempt at a learning model he didn’t even fully understand, so obviously it hadn’t worked!