It is time for school to begin in SWMO and around the US, so yesterday's gratitude prompt seemed quite timely.
If you had to teach something, what would you teach? Everyone has something to teach, everyone has something to learn.
I don't know what I would teach. I tend to think of myself as more a Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none kind of guy. Anything that I have to share is pretty beginner level for a field in which there is much more for me to learn than I know to teach. I don't think of sharing information as teaching; it's really just conversation. Teaching requires planning and purpose, which are not strong suits for me.
For that matter, learning also often requires planning and purpose which is why there is the master-of-none attachment to my description.
Sure, I could teach a few magic tricks, tell some bible stories, point out constellations or stars in the night sky, or propagate hibiscus plants; but we couldn't delve deeply into those things with me as the teacher. I'd love to have conversations in any of those areas (and many more), but as a learner/seeker of knowledge rather than as a teacher.
If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
John
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Teachers and Learners
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If you sign up to be a substitute teacher at your local school district you can teach EVERYTHING! Claudia was a sub for a few years and they had her in Kindergarten to 12th grade. It just depended on where they needed a warm body that day. She said it was nice when she got a class where she was good at the subject matter she knew well.
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