[TriLUG] Re: [OT] Instructing

[Reginald Reed]

All of this discussion reminds me how much I didn't care about/hated 
college.  I never cared if an instructor was good or not since I rarely 
attended classes and almost never used office hours.

--R

Phillip Rhodes wrote:

> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
>
>> A teacher should not ever just be
>> reading one chapter ahead of his or her students, but I still
>> maintain that it is possible to learn enough about any subject
>> to teach it well and effectively.
>
>
> Sure, I can agree with that. It just depends on your
> definition of "effectively" and the exact situation.  I thought
> you were referring more to those situations where the
> instructor is literally a chapter (or two) ahead of the
> class.
>
> Then again, I always try to be the "trouble maker"
> student who is reading ahead in the course text, looking up
> stuff on the 'Net, using alternate texts and asking
> questions that make the instructor uncomfortable; so I'm
> biased towards wanting an instructor who is really
> on top of things.
>
> Now, because I believe in that "you don't really know
> something until you've taught it" belief that I have, I need
> to pick something Linux related and learn it well enough to
> do a meeting presentation, or volunteer to teach one of the
> Sat. classes...  (how's that for getting back on topic? :-) )
>
> TTYL,
>
> Phil
>