by Terry Linhart | Dec 20, 2016 | Teaching
Triangulation. We can’t hardly get anywhere without it. Most of us type in an address to our smartphones and off we drive carefree. Yet, it takes at least three satellites coordinating together to know where we are and where we need to get. If another satellite...
by Terry Linhart | Jul 5, 2016 | Teaching
Everybody teaches – bosses, parents, coaches, pastors, CEO’s, consultants, and supervisors. We try to help others learn better skills, processes, values, beliefs, or knowledge. Some do it better than others. Many treat teaching like it’s easy,...
by Terry Linhart | Jun 20, 2016 | Teaching
I once attended a group that was collectively reading through a nonfiction book. One week, the leader hadn’t liked that week’s chapter, so she started in the usual way when we are assigned to teach things we don’t like… or when we’re...
by Terry Linhart | Jun 2, 2016 | Teaching
I was the last child in Kindergarten to learn to tie his shoes. I was almost about to fail Kindergarten because of it. I had all of my “S’s” (for satisfactory) except for that one. Mrs. Law was strict and she would toe the line, shoes on OR off, on this matter. I wish...
by Terry Linhart | Apr 12, 2016 | Teaching
I find it ironic that students who complain about how boring their teachers are perform no differently when doing their presentations in a classroom. It’s more difficult, or it takes more work, than they realize. Often students don’t do anything more than read...
