tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post8234134754908093206..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: Tea with the Dark WizardRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-42006817492680989332017-06-13T17:29:48.173-07:002017-06-13T17:29:48.173-07:00Rory, I learn a great deal from your blog, and I a...Rory, I learn a great deal from your blog, and I appreciate that you take the time to write in it. Have you ever thought of making a podcast? I would love to listen to your spoken-word reflections.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-85099624036128523502017-05-26T10:15:21.473-07:002017-05-26T10:15:21.473-07:00It's just good physics, but often the really g...<i> It's just good physics, but often the really good instructors can't explain what they are doing so they have real trouble teaching it. Understand the principles and you know what to look for. You can learn the good stuff they can't articulate well enough to teach.</i><br /><br />I think, often, the problem is a couple parts. First, to reach that point, they really gotten almost beyond unconscious competence, to the point where they all but literally cannot do it wrong -- and they've done things that are so fundamental that they've virtually disappeared. Then, one of your talents or gifts is a twist of mind to look for the underlying principles on things. There just aren't a lot of people who can or will do that. Maybe they're intellectually lazy, maybe they just can't make that turn of mind to look into it. And, in a lot of cases, they just plain aren't good teachers. Not everyone is a good teacher -- even if they're a very good student or practitioner. At best, they might replicate what they went through and eventually get similar results in their students. And there are probably a couple of other things that I haven't thought of, too...Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393212692342514984noreply@blogger.com