Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/26
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Kit, in some sense I have to take issue with you in your quotes about teaching. The absolute best instructors I ever had were those who knew their subject so well they could come after you any way you needed. There was no bringing out the best in the students; it was forcing the students to take new roads in their personnel journey. Not only were new facts and methods sown, but the very way the subject is considered is altered.
Mentoring is only a very small part of teaching, showing the student not only how to take the scales off their eyes, but also to want to is the art of the very best teacher.
As far as learning from students, on the human level which is to say that everyone can teach me something then of course. However, as far as learning from a student in my areas of expertise then that is exceedingly rare. When I don't know much more than my students then I am not qualified to be teaching them and very little progress is made in our personal journeys.
In any case, have a good holiday and many thanks for your presence on the list.
Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Kit McChesney
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:12 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] my favorite martha graham quote
A really good teacher knows that teaching is not really something you "do"
to others ... really good teachers are guides, people who are skilled in
helping others realize what it is they already contain, and how to bring it
forth. Being one who "does" and one who "teaches," as George confesses to
being (touché!) is one of those people who can do just that. The very fact
of their "doing" is in itself a guide to others to do the same.
After all, educate comes from the Latin "ducere," which means to lead or
guide. The best teachers are mentors, who realize that they themselves have
as much to learn from their students, and vice-versa.
Kit
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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of George
Lottermoser
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:24 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] my favorite martha graham quote
Me.
Ted Grant11/25/03
>"someone who does and also teaches is?
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