This is great advice for teachers also. I have noticed that the best teachers I have encountered are masters of both self-deprecation and storytelling - genera

This is great advice for teachers also. I have noticed that the best teachers I have encountered are masters of both self-deprecation and storytelling - generally mixed together. When you subsequently get schooled by them, somehow you don't feel so beat up by the process. ... "well, I guess kind of I dabble in the Ultimate Truth" classic.