365 Writing Prompts: Teachable moment
You have to learn a new skill.Do you prefer to read about it,watch someone else do it, hear someone describe it, or try it yourself?
To learn a new skill, it is important to know what the skill is about. Reading will help me how easy or difficult it is, after reading it I’d like to watch someone do it, if I feel confident I will try to do it myself.
A new skill requires a lot of concentration, by reading it I hope to figure out if the said skill is easy or complicated. If reading alone doesn’t help, I’d watch someone do it. Then I might be brave enough to try it.
This learning of a skill brings back memories of my first day at the skating rink. It was a completely new experience.I didn’t read, watch or heard anyone describe it.
I saw the skating rink full of people young and old skating especially little kids were having a grand time. I told myself how hard can it be if these little ones can go round and round gliding ,laughing racing each other on the ice, I only want to learn to skate how hard can it be? Well my problem was I was scared I’d fall down. This fear in me was the reason I could not learn to skate.
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I would want to watch someone do it and then try for myself. I also have a fear of skating.
Dear Sonya,
I was once asked by a student in my class,”Miss do you skate?”
My reply was I tried I am down more than I’m up. He thought it was funny,
they never asked me about skating anymore.
Haha that is funny!
When you teach kids, you have to come
down to their level, they are at ease then.
What do you think Sonya?
So true. Although in many cases, I think we have to actually rise up to their levels 😉
It is so true Sonya, but we sometimes don’t,
this is why we have problems.
Dear Ranu,
Thank you for this post. I agree with you that, for me at least, reading about something is a major help in self-educating myself and preparing for it. Emulating someone else’s performance of a skill is also helpful.
All good wishes,
robert
Thank you Robert.