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I've had this notion for a while that the most qualified person to teach you something is often a thoughtful person 1 or 2 levels above your current level of un
by whistlerbrk 10y ago
I've had this notion for a while that the most qualified person to teach you something is often a thoughtful person 1 or 2 levels above your current level of understanding, not someone all the way at the top who can no longer relate to your level of understanding.
All this said, being a truly good professional educator is a learned skill.
- lordnacho 10y agoI second that. I remember having tutorials with professors that were highly decorated. FRS and a whole list of acronyms after their names. I always found it a struggle to ask them questions that helped my understanding, because they were talking the expert language and I was talking layman. Before you know how a transistor works, how do you know to use words like "gate" in the way that explains how it works? By contrast, the guy who was best at teaching was a phd student. He seemed to know exactly where I would struggle, and he had a very simple manner of explaining the next step.