The most interesting thing about this story isn't the shot, it's his son at college.
> "Tutoring?" Calhoun said. "I'm struggling to learn everything myself. How can I teach others?" Siniak thought this would give Calhoun an extra nudge to learn the material and boost his own command.
Siniak recognized something in Calhoun, and got him to excel by giving him more responsibility; not less. People often are good at being load-bearing, but if you never give them a load they never realize it.
My understanding of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu really shot up once I started teaching.
Teaching forces you to put things into words that you only had an implicit understanding of prior. It reinforces your existing knowledge and forces you to seek answers to questions you didn't know you had.
> "Teaching forces you to put things into words that you only had an implicit understanding of prior. It reinforces your existing knowledge and forces you to seek answers to questions you didn't know you had. "
Bears repeating! When node was originally released years ago, I decided to force myself into public speaking because I knew it was a weakness of mine. I also wanted to learn node, so I signed up for a code camp talk on "real-time" websites with node and websockets. Previously I had "learned" languages like Pascal, C++, C#, Python, etc. But I'd never had to learn those languages to a point where I could explain them in simple terms. The fact that I was going to be presenting on the topic took me to depths of node that I hadn't had to explore with other languages. There's a big difference between being able to leverage a closure effectively and being able to communicate what a closure is and how and when it's useful and when to avoid it. I've been a fan of public speaking and mentoring (and node) ever since.
Funny you mention that; my son and I trained together and we would drill at home. Common stuff that noobs need, like side control escapes etc. it was amazing how much more sense it made live after “teaching” him at home.
it is not the load bearing or responsibility. it's simply another way to approach the material. teaching someone forces you to organize your thoughts and also consider questions you may not have thought of yourself.
montessori uses this to let older kids teach younger ones. and many others take advantage of it too.
> "Tutoring?" Calhoun said. "I'm struggling to learn everything myself. How can I teach others?" Siniak thought this would give Calhoun an extra nudge to learn the material and boost his own command.
Siniak recognized something in Calhoun, and got him to excel by giving him more responsibility; not less. People often are good at being load-bearing, but if you never give them a load they never realize it.