Formality and informality: As a general rule I prefer a rather informal class setting. I believe formality can be a good thing in children's and beginner class, but I don't emphasize it at all in advanced classes. I don't really like being called professor, I work with first names and students do the same to me. We laugh a lot and say horribly inappropriate but (usually) funny things to each other all day . I have always found the deepest and most profound forms of respect are unspoken in daily life and only get uttered on special occasions. The ceremonial aspects of respect, belts, saying osu” to everything you hear
