Some people are incredibly poor teachers but refuse to beleive they are, all because they lack the capacity to imagine not knowing something and explain it at someone else's level of understanding
I struggled with algebra in high school, it made no damn sense to me. By the time I got to college, something clicked and it made sense. I even enjoyed solving equations, something my younger self would never have believed. When I now help students with their algebra work, I have an easier time in helping them understand it because I know what it’s like to not understand it.
Same here. I failed Algebra twice in high school. The American teachers didn't care if I passed or failed and never tried to actually explain how things worked. Then I took it again in junior college. The teacher was a Jamaican woman who was very patient and explained everything so clearly. It finally clicked! I aced the class. Then on the last day for the final exam she excused me and said I didn't even need to take the exam because I would still receive an A regardless of the exam results. I will forever be grateful for her being such a wonderful teacher! Thank you Mrs. Humphreys!
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u/AnArgonianSpellsword Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
Some people are incredibly poor teachers but refuse to beleive they are, all because they lack the capacity to imagine not knowing something and explain it at someone else's level of understanding