I passed the Extra back in the 1970's. Twenty years later my local Ham club was looking for license class instructors. I thought it'd be fun to do a whiz-bang demo of basic circuit theory for new Novices or Techs.
But they wanted someone to teach Extra theory. Okay, that's what they needed and I was there to help. Had I known what I was getting into I might not have been so agreeable. (Isn't that true of most things?) I suspect I learned a lot more than my students. I've always subscribed to the theory that a good teacher has to know at least 10X what he/she intends to teach so I was soon digging through piles of texts on the various subjects touched upon in the study guide - and the Extra exams had changed greatly since I passed the test. It's said that we teach what we, ourselves, most need to learn. It was a real boon to me. Not just in getting 'up to date' but I got a real feeling of satisfaction to hear from each student as he/she passed the Extra test. So, if want to learn and the opportunity arises to help someone pass the test... Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- That's one approach- I took the opportunity to learn stuff that was hard, and I was probably never going to use (unfortunately, some of it has slipped my mind since). 73, doug ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
