I spend a good portion of my life hours working at a college which maintains an indoor gallery space that is usually filled with faculty work. I spent several moments perusing the faculty work and remembering that a lot of people who teach are also very talented at what they teach. This is easily forgotten. There is even a saying around the subject: Those who can’t, teach. I’ve always been offended by the saying, but subconsciously I find that even I connect ones ability to teach to ones ability to do. If I find that a teacher isn’t very good I have at times directly related it to their talent. That is unfair.
teaching a craft is a different skill set than the craft itself. I consider myself a decent And engaging writing Instructor, but that doesn’t come from the same well in which my stories are dredged up and drank down by my readers. There is a connection to be sure, but teaching is a separate language than doing.
knowing this gives me a better perspective on dealing with people and understanding how we can be good at some things and not others.
some thoughts:
- Curious about how fashion items work. There is this one backpack -someThing like kilraven or something Swedish sounding. It is very ordinary but to have it seems to be a necessity for a particular type of female look. I don’t understand why these things are such, but I want to.