Friday, October 14, 2011

THE MEMORABLE TEACHER

J.P. Clark works for the men's staff here at UCF and is an extremely dedicated young coach striving to improve.  He has impressed us all with his tireless work ethich.  He passed this  following on to me this morning:

“The great teacher makes a few simple points.  The powerful teacher leaves one or two fundamental truths.  And the memorable teacher makes the point not by telling, but by helping the students discover on their own.  Learning takes place through discovery, not when you're told something, but when you figure it out for yourself.  All a really fine teacher does is make suggestions, point out the problems, above all, ask questions and more questions, and more questions…"