Tom dinning
Registrant*
You don't have to quote me, Jerome. I know what I said. There is a lot I didn't say as well. Don't read between the lines and don't add you own perspective to what I say and what I didn' say. Just take it as it is meant; a part of what one person has done quite successfully and satisfactorily for 45 years having supported that with continuous learning and adjustment of those skills in the eyes of his peers, students and mentors. I'm not talking about photography here but teaching, which requires as much dedication, skill and knowledge relating to human behavior as any life changing profession requires when the outcomes are those of the future of the next generation.the starting point for teaching is to know the student and take an interest in how they perceive the world so that can be built on. It's not about throwing facts and rules at a person and hoping some will stick.
If I were to suggest that being an oncologist is simply a matter of having cancer at one point in my life or an electrician because I know how to change a light globe or a photography teacher because i know how to use a camera then I have probably wasted my time and done some considerable injustice to my students.
Please forgive me for my passion but I have worked bloody hard at this profession all my life. It didn't come easy and it still isn't taken lightly. There is a perception out there that anyone can teach. In fact I often hear that those who can 'do' and those that can't 'teach'. Yeah, right.
Mmmm. Seems like I got off the track and onto my hobby horse again.
In answer to your question, Jerome, no that's not what being a teacher is all about. If that's what you think, if you think it's possible to sum up what a teacher does in a single sentence then you are either having me on or have no idea. If you have no idea, I forgive you for your ignorance. If you are having me on I forgive you for your bad timing. If its neither of those I can only suggest you stick to your day job. I'm sure you are very good at it.
Cheers
Tom.
If I were to suggest that being an oncologist is simply a matter of having cancer at one point in my life or an electrician because I know how to change a light globe or a photography teacher because i know how to use a camera then I have probably wasted my time and done some considerable injustice to my students.
Please forgive me for my passion but I have worked bloody hard at this profession all my life. It didn't come easy and it still isn't taken lightly. There is a perception out there that anyone can teach. In fact I often hear that those who can 'do' and those that can't 'teach'. Yeah, right.
Mmmm. Seems like I got off the track and onto my hobby horse again.
In answer to your question, Jerome, no that's not what being a teacher is all about. If that's what you think, if you think it's possible to sum up what a teacher does in a single sentence then you are either having me on or have no idea. If you have no idea, I forgive you for your ignorance. If you are having me on I forgive you for your bad timing. If its neither of those I can only suggest you stick to your day job. I'm sure you are very good at it.
Cheers
Tom.