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All else being equal, 1:1 study with teacher will beat classroom handily, and probably will beat self studying as well. But the things is that all else is not
by NhanH 3y ago
All else being equal, 1:1 study with teacher will beat classroom handily, and probably will beat self studying as well.
But the things is that all else is not equal. Even putting cost aside, the main challenge is how you find a good teacher if you know nothing on the subject. If you are on your third teachers, suddenly the shitty blog post might not be that shitty any more. There is also logistics challenge (scheduling etc.) that reduces the effectiveness of getting a teacher.
I think people already knew that having a teacher is good. The question of how to get one is that hard part.
- clnq 3y ago> good teacher if you know nothing on the subject Most teachers don't want to be stuck for months teaching someone the basics readily available on the internet, in literature, and recently, even GPT. But there are bootcamps and paid teachers in many disciplines for the very entry-level folks. It's easy to get a teacher when you're above intermediate in most topics. You also provide value to the teacher by bringing new ideas. That is more of an informal process of developing mutually beneficial friendships. You don't call your expert friends teachers, though you do teach each other a lot. And those friendships can definitely be seen as teaching. Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about many people "showing him the way" in expert circles in his biography miniseries on Netflix. That is effective knowledge sharing.