Sometimes they’ve shared an insight or an observation, but mostly what they do is state the blindingly obvious in such a way that we’re drawn up short and realize “I never thought of it that way.” When they're really good, they don't even do that. They just ask a question, and we do the rest of the work for them.
What teachers teach is not information, nor even a new perspective, but a way of finding both. As that lesson slowly sinks in, we grow aware of how we think, and how how we think limits our thinking.
In the end the best teachers grow silent and let us learn on our own and from our fellow students and journeymen.
May your life by a lifetime of learning and a lifetime of teaching. And in the end, aren’t they the same?
Copyright © 2020 by David Learn. Used with permission.
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