I was about to quote this quote, but I have a different opinion here. > I would actually go a step further with the thread title: Please don't try to teach if

I was about to quote this quote, but I have a different opinion here. > I would actually go a step further with the thread title: Please don't try to teach if you can't. The line between teaching a truth and teaching a self-enforcing belief pattern has not been drawn, and I don't know if it ever will be. You can be an amazing teacher and not even know it (by making horrible mistakes that other people learn from by observation, comparison, abstraction, and analysis). Or you can be a really amazing teacher and never admit it. > My typical advice is to choose something that is presented with good learning tools, and maybe one that has tutorials related to a subject matter that they're interested in. That's good advice.