A teacher should not ever just be reading one chapter ahead of his or her students, but I still maintain that it is possible to learn enough about any subject to teach it well and effectively.
Sure, I can agree with that. It just depends on your definition of "effectively" and the exact situation. I thought you were referring more to those situations where the instructor is literally a chapter (or two) ahead of the class.
Then again, I always try to be the "trouble maker" student who is reading ahead in the course text, looking up stuff on the 'Net, using alternate texts and asking questions that make the instructor uncomfortable; so I'm biased towards wanting an instructor who is really on top of things.
Now, because I believe in that "you don't really know something until you've taught it" belief that I have, I need to pick something Linux related and learn it well enough to do a meeting presentation, or volunteer to teach one of the Sat. classes... (how's that for getting back on topic? :-) )
TTYL,
Phil
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