It depends on the student being taught. Most (HS) students will do better with the excellent teacher than the subject matter expert. Perhaps what you actually

It depends on the student being taught. Most (HS) students will do better with the excellent teacher than the subject matter expert. Perhaps what you actually want is for unusually bright or creative students to have access to experts? Maybe some sort of opportunity to observe and even help them in their field? Perhaps we could call it something that doesn’t sound anything like the activity in question, something like “interning.”