Absolutely.
If there was someone in the class that had experience that was relevant to the
material, I did everything I could to engage them and get them to share as long
as time permitted. I always told my students that it would be a learning
experience for me as well, and it always was. I
I sat in a class one time with a guy who looked just like Dustin Hoffman,
could be his brother. Rick is probably in his late 50s and is a Linux wizard.
He was totally content to let somebody else drive the keyboard while he fed you
commands. His knowledge of vi is encyclopedic. The only
Yeah, I did that once or twice. Same silence, but the guy was
compliant after that.
I think every class I taught about M$ network engineering had 1 or more
in it that knew things I didn't, and many knew command line or shortcuts
I didn't. I always tried to firgure out who they were and
"Since you already know almost everything, take a break, go to the parking
lot and practice falling down and bleeding, The rest of us will be out when
we are done here to check on your progress and give you any help you might
need developing those skills."
Delivered with a cynical smile and while
Yes there are,redeeming dynamics if you let them happen. I see that even
with my good obedient Catholic freshman.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 8:52 PM Curt Raymond wrote:
> What always amazes me is that these jokers had their employer paying
> thousands of dollars to see
What always amazes me is that these jokers had their employer paying thousands
of dollars to see me talk but couldn't be bothered to pay attention. Actually
the stranger ones are the self-employed that are paying for themselves but
trying to run a business at the same time. I understand that
Stories from a great teacher. My audience is,a bit more,captive but i still
see some of these behaviors
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 7:53 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> As a technical trainer for a corporate entity you get to experience some
> of the worst possible
As a technical trainer for a corporate entity you get to experience some of the
worst possible students:
1.) Someone who has been doing the job/work who thinks they know more than you
and wants to point it out every chance they get; or,
2.) The employee who has been forced to attend, like it
