Teaching requires you to look at both your subject and your student and figure out the best way for them to meet. It is relationship building. You want to create an open discussion, not just a lecture series. Learning takes time. It is a process that includes listening, absorbing and reacting. It does not guarantee that subject and student will have a relationship based on agreement, but rather one based on information and awareness.
Ignorance can be disguised as a well-versed man. Big words and strong conviction can create the haze of education. However, ignorance doesn’t teach – it tends to preach. It does not take into account the student; instead it just focuses on the subject matter. It doesn’t look for open discussion, if fuels off of agreement and mere conviction.
I’m a firm believer that a person does not have much if they don’t have conviction and want to learn. However, it is equally as important to remember the role of teaching. One has to firm up the message to address the students and to always be cognizant to if learning is going on. If somehow the message has gotten skewed, if the conviction is overpowering the process, then the teacher has to review where the process failed and apply the needed changes. The goal should always be to form a working relationship b/w the student and the subject. The relationship is the quintessential variable that will allow the process of learning and education to not only take shape, but to be shared and received.
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