Well, now I definitely think they should ask too. I am shocked at the poll results so far, and I don't think it's due to everyone being fortunate enough to have a relationship with her therapist like lolagrace does. When I teach, I know I will get evaluations from a university survey at the end of the semester, but when I am teaching a topic for the first time or a class seems to be struggling, I will ask them directly or set up a survey on Survey Monkey for feedback.

I assumed mine were doing something they had been trained to do.

It seems like such a simple question to ask. And such an important area to ask it in.