RE: Another TRUMPIFICATION

[simulate4life]

"Don't be so sure that hearing or understanding an idea gives you any right to it, especially to treat it as yours. Possibility that you would come up with anything remotely good on your own is almost 0."

Had some time to spare and found gold as always ;)
So nice that I can count on you Erica !
Cheers

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[erh.germany]

Hey, dear friend, nice that you swing by.

I do not understand the quotation. What does it refer to? Or I should say, I understand but not the context. Please, enlighten me :)

Do you mean by "counting on me" that I am still blogging?

What about you. What are you spending your time with?

Greetings!

[simulate4life]

It refers to the text as a whole, I guess I can use this example from your post:

"What makes a Klingon so special is that he hears an idea and then quickly runs off to tell it to everyone else! [...]The Klingon wants to be a teacher even before he has stopped being a student."

So here said Klingon hears an idea and immediately assumes he has right to it, in this case right to share it with others, but why would you assume that? Pretty good example of "ideas have people".
What's more you don't become a teacher when you stop being a student, you become teacher when you have something unique that actually works to share and you actually share. Probability of that happening is, sadly, quite low, so in order to be a teacher you need to pretty much stay a student your whole life.
I'm aware that by this definition most "teachers" are not included.

Unique that works, heh, dreams....

Also, yes, I meant that you are still blogging and that I can come here and read something worthwhile :)

Nothing much, just working on another crazy idea, as always.
Peace!

[erh.germany]

Good points with your further thoughts on teaching. In fact, I did some research for my next article and I give you the quotes I found and will publish:

... it is apparent to anyone who has taught others that the teacher learns more than the students do. Teaching is a much better way to learn than being taught. Schools are upside down. Students ought to be teaching and faculty members should be learning how to help others learn and how to motivate them to do so.

A student once stopped me in the hall and asked, "Professor, when did you teach your first class?" That was easy: I answered, "September of 1941." "Wow!" he said, "You have been teaching for a very long time." I agreed. Then he asked, "When was the last time you taught a course in a subject that existed when you were a student?" This question required some thought but finally I got it and answered, "September of 1951." He said, "Do mean to say that everything you have taught for about fifty years you had to learn without having it taught to you?" I said, "Yes." "Wow,” he said again. "You must be a pretty good learner." I modestly agreed. He continued, "What a pity you are not that good a teacher." He had it right: faculty members know how to learn better than they know how to teach. Therefore, they should be acting as resources to students who are either engaged in teaching others, or learning on their own or with others cooperatively.

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Yeah, it became very quiet here on Steemit. I hang on because it's what I like: Blogging. Not here for the money ;-) but when so many people fade away, audience also trickles away.

[simulate4life]

There is the problem with higher education that I noticed - not a single soul stayed there in order to teach. People who stay either want to do further studies, enjoy learning etc.

Teaching is treated like an unwanted duty - although some still do a pretty good job.

Let me know if you decide to write somewhere else ;) I will gladly read it there as I do here.
Cheers!