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Not necessarily. To teach somthing you need to understand it very well. The core of it. The essence of it. When I studied I was helping others with the material
by scotty79 3y ago
Not necessarily. To teach somthing you need to understand it very well. The core of it. The essence of it. When I studied I was helping others with the material. I felt how much that improved my understanding of it.
So they might have meant that you don't just need to be able to teach it. You'll understand it only after you've already taught it to someone.
- throw1234651234 3y agoI think it's also important to understand where the practical understanding cut off is. When you tell someone to npm i some_package, you need to pretty much tell them not to worry about how that works under the hood. When you are teaching someone to load a rifle (to follow the initial example used above), you need to pretty much cut them off when they start asking about the composition of modern smokeless powder vs black powder or something. My point is that knowing how deep NOT to go is key to practical knowledge or teaching it.