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Re: [RC] Natural coaches. - heidi[Truman] In athletics, many times the people with the best aptitude to teach don't have the physical ability or the luck to have been at the top of the sport. But that doesn't diminish their abilities as a coach, teach or advise. Most of the best coaches in sports are not the guys that were the best or even good players in thier sport. Very few great athletes make good coaches or teachers. [Cheryl] That is an interesting comment Truman. I had a dressage instucter years ago that said when she was learning she did not have the same natural ability that some people innately have that makes them such naturals, and maybe they do not even know why themselves. Just that special talent they are born with. But this instructer made it to the upped levels and did well. She felt that that helped her be able to teach people better herself, because she understood how to relate to her students to position or do what one needed to relay the correct signal most efficiently to the horse. I think she also listened closer to what her students asked to better understand what they needed from her. What Cheryl said is the point that Susan K is trying to make. I agree wholeheartedly that the most gifted at many things sometimes make poor teachers because it comes too easily for them. I hate subbing in math classes for that very reason--stuff that is so obvious to me just flows out onto the page, and I can't seem to relate to the student who struggles. (Although I'm getting better at just getting out a piece of scratch paper or going to the board and trying to slow down my own thought processes by writing every single step down so that the student can follow the thought process.) But I do much better subbing at subjects such as English, history, etc. because while I am sufficiently versed in those subjects to know where we are going with a particular topic, they are not my "innate" natural subjects to the point that I can't put myself in the student's shoes and visualize the help he needs. Susan's point, if related to my example, would be like having someone who barely spoke verbal English and had never read a novel in English trying to teach English literature. Heidi ============================================================ There is something really special about getting to ride all day, and all night on your horse. I know that a lot of people like to get finished, and get it over with. Yes, it is a lot of work. But, realize that each ride, especially a 100 is a really special gift and savor it for all it is worth. ~ Karen Chaton ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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