“The best way to learn is to teach.”
This is something my father told me whenever I announced that I needed to learn something.
More wise thoughts next week. Possibly one of my own.
Andrew
“The best way to learn is to teach.”
This is something my father told me whenever I announced that I needed to learn something.
More wise thoughts next week. Possibly one of my own.
Andrew
My dad would always tell me, “It wasn’t meant to be,” when I’d be upset about things not going my way. I thought that was pretty good advice, too.
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My father had plenty of advice.
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Best way of reinforcing learning
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It is.
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Hmm….I always thought that it was supposed to involve staying up until 3AM cramming with lots of coffee! 🙂 Now I know why I didn’t get an A on my college Linear Algebra test!
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That is a theory put forward by coffee roasting companies trying to increase coffee sales.
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I think having to explain something verbally – teach – is always a good way to learn about the subject – our own strong and weak points and learn accordingly.
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I think it makes a subject go through different pathways in our brain so it re-enforces it.
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I’d not heard that before, but it certainly makes sense and I’ll remember it.
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It’s one of those that no one really thinks about, but makes complete sense when said out loud.
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I teach that to my students, too. Often, I have them teach the class–including me!
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I like that way of teaching.
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That’s a great quote. Never heard it before but it’s very true.
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I’ve always liked it.
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Wise words. I have found that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did whenever I prepared to teach someone else how to do a task.
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It’s that the truth. The first time they ask a question is when I realize I didn’t know it as well as I thought.
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