Easier than you think
I stopped into Kinko’s this morning to get online and check email (for free while Starbucks charges next door - guess who has my loyalty). The guy next to me was on his cell assuring someone, “It’ll be fine, it’s easier than you think.”
It’s nice that there are people who find joy in making things easier for others. It infuses the sense of confidence that helps people connect to enough patience and persistence through new learning curves. Good teaching, coaching, mentoring, and facilitating have this in common: they create a(n emotional) space for people to feel able.
April 12th, 2005 08:11
As a homeschooling mom, your post today especially resonates with me. I would say that my primary role is not to ‘teach’ my sons, but to create a space that enables them to learn on their own, and to believe in their own abilities.
April 14th, 2005 20:55
That is especially true about tacit skills that by definition can be learned but not taught.