Category: teaching
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Expert
It’s been interesting the past few years, to see how society has evolved from trusting scientists to arguing with them. As if a few searches on You Tube or Google equals an ‘expert’ level of knowledge about something. I hesitated for a long time to accept the mantle of ‘expert’ when it comes to…
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Endless Possibilities
At times the possibilities are so enormous it is hard to know what to do. At times, the best approach is to just…do something. Action in one direction will sometimes make what needs to happen become clearer, even if that direction wasn’t the actual direction I considered heading. Recently I speculated about writing another…
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If It Were Easy (part ?)
It seems that there is a certain misunderstanding by a small percentage of people about the role of a teacher, teaching a hands on skill. There is a certain percentage of adults who assume that *because* they are ‘adult’ they can instantly acquire the physical skills required to do a task that requires…patience? development…
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If It Were Easy…
…everyone would do it. Someone teased me about writing another book so I asked on FB about what I should write about – if I even should think about writing another book. One of the responses was to write about what was in my heart. Good advice. Now, if I only knew what was…
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Grief
The rose bushes along the public pathway are gone now – but not forgotten. And I still have the photo I took with my cell phone a few years ago. Grief is a tricksy thing. We know that we grieve over the loss of loved ones, be they human or pet. To grieve over…
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Shoulders of Giants
In many ways I consider myself a self-taught weaver. But if that were the only part of my truth, I’d be ignoring the work done by my ancestors, my mentors, the teachers I learned from along the way. But in many ways, it is *also* true that I learned a lot on my own. …
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Self Promotion
I forget to promote myself and the things I’ve done. I get caught up in what I’m doing now and ignore what I’ve done in the past. So here’s a friendly reminder about the books I’ve been involved with. The two books I wrote and self-published are available on blurb.ca (or com if you…
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Shoulders of Giants
As a new weaver, I was keenly aware of how little I knew so I bought books. Lots of books. Books held knowledge and I wanted to learn. Even though I had an in-person class in weaving, it soon became apparent that it was going to take a very long time to even begin…
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Teachers Appearing
Seems like a snowflake is appropriate for today’s post. So, I’ve been thinking a lot about teaching. How one presents material. How students process material. Thinking about the teachers I’ve had – some of them really fabulous, some of them, not so much, most just kind of in the middle. I have to say…
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Fallow Means Resting
chrysalis There are times when I don’t have much brain power, for whatever reason. During those times I find that when I have a series I’m working through, I can do the physical aspect while not needing to draw upon brain power. Of which I may have little to none. Over my lifetime I…