Teaching it or winging it?

Would you rather be in a class where obviously the teacher is just winging it instead of teaching it? I will definitely walk out from a class like that. So I’m with you with that.

Why some instructors wing it? The hardest part for us is teaching a class the first time. It will never be perfect. You won’t know what will happen. But what can we do, somewhere along the way, someone has to do it. With this reason, I guess for as long as the instructor gave his best then still in the end, it didn’t come out that good, nothing to regret, right? It’s just too unfortunate you were his guinea pigs.

When an instructor still tries to wing it each time like feeding you with jokes, food, side stories, etc then unlucky you, you wasted your money being in that class. I know a handful like that and it’s quite funny some thought it’s a teaching style.

Someone told me that when an instructor teaches with less break or stories, 80% of what was taught retains in the students’ memory. Would you rather be in this kind of class or you will still go for a teacher that’s so cool and good with funny stories? Then when you come back tries to revisit things in your book, you can’t remember a thing and you obviously has that blinking bulb at the top of your head, just like in the cartoons.

Point is, teaching is a skill, it’s like leadership being a skill, not everyone are born leaders or managers because if that’s how the world is made then all of us are in that position, no one will scrub the floors, fold your clothes in the hotel, wash your car and a lot of different things that without all these people do these things for us then we’re screwed, right?

Therefore, even if a person is so good using a product, e.g. Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic, Adobe Photoshop to name a few it doesn’t follow that guy can impart knowledge. That is teaching being a skill. That is the reason why driving is not for everyone as well. It’s just too funny but because there’s no good public transportation majority of us are forced to drive to get to work and places. I understand some of you will say but it can be learned. There are skills that are built in and cannot be learned no matter how hard you try. I’ve been practicing since I was young? I want to sing, I even joined the choir and mind you I was put in the soprano group. I was appalled and excited but it didn’t work because I don’t have it. It’s the same as teaching. I can’t be Adam Lambert, Kurt Nielsen or Taylor Swift.
 
In the end, what’s important is your objective as a student; you are in the class to learn. If you want jokes then grab a Reader’s Digest, I love the jokes they have there. Or maybe, grab an Archie’s Comic Book. I grew up with that and still liking it today.