On 03/07/2013 07:12, Tim Watts wrote:
On Wednesday 03 July 2013 00:25 AC wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Who says you are a good teacher? Knowing stuff does not make you able to
teach it at all.

In fact, you have already indicated that you are not a good teacher, as
you have already worked out your excuse should some one failed to learn
from you. You would just say the student didn't want to, students fault.
Cant possibly be your fault, right?

Hope you are not typical.


In this type of work, it should be sufficient that the "master" is an expert
in his field. It's not the teacher's job to entertain the apprentice and
stop his attention wandering. This is not primary school.

The apprentice's job is to watch the teacher and ask pertinent questions and
generally do what he's told.

A "bad" teacher would be one who did not show the apprentice anything nor
let him have a go, with suitable correction of mistakes - or a teacher who
was actually a bit crap at his job.


I guess the first skill any junior employee learns is how to get along
with people you don't like. My first boss was an egocentric tyrant but,
once I toed the line, he was actually a dream to work for, and 50 years
later I still find myself asking what he would have done in a certain
situation