On 04/08/2010, at 6:19 PM, Barry Beattie wrote: > and to back you up in what you say, Gavin, a classic case is formal > study. When I was teaching, I tried to impress on the students, that > although all the info was - in theory - out there ready to tap into, > what was lost was structure and context. Sometimes it needed the > expert to deliver it in a way for people to have the epiphany. > > and of course, there's the followup questions that are sometimes invaluable. >
I find that at the CFUGs. It's the questions after the presentation where it really "clicks" for me. > I heard a story of a guest lecturer traveling around giving guest > spots, who had a driver/PA on "tour" with him. > > After a while the driver said "what you do is easy! I reckon I can do > that - I've heard the same lecture enough times". > > so they made a pact that the next stop they would swap roles and the > driver would give the lecture. > > Sure enough the driver did a good job regurgitating the same script > ... until someone in the audience asked a pointed question. The guy > kept his cool, trying to hide he wasn't the guest lecturer. > > "what a silly question" he said. "So, silly that, in fact, I'm going > to let my driver answer that question!" > Ha ha ha... That is quite funny... I'll have to try and remember that one! Gavin. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en.
