april may june
I'm training the woman who is going to replace me at work. Right now I'm working on, and almost done with, a list of a detailed description of how to do many of the things I do in my job. My list of step-by-step instructions sometimes includes copies of forms, spreadsheets, and other materials with big red circles, arrows, and notes from me.
Something I have learned, again (I say again b/c I already knew this about me) is that I am not a good teacher. Nope, not me. I am not patient, and I suck at explaining myself. I also get particularly annoyed when people question my methods. A couple Saturdays ago my old trig. teacher asked if I ever thought about becoming a professor, or some other teacher, maybe when I retired. This is what I told him:
"You know I used to tutor my mom when she was taking a college algebra course. It took her seven trys to pass that class...I don't think teaching is for me."
The thing is, when I explain things to someone my age or older I always feel like I'm talking down to them, and that they feel like I'm talking down to them, and as a result won't like me. So I try not to and end up leaving out little details that I thought maybe they could pick up, but no they couldn't, so then I have to go through it a couple times, and then I get impatient, and then use the words "uh" and "well" much more than any normal person should, and then things get confusing, and man this sentence is long.
This is my first time to train someone at a place that isn't a restaurant. I really think I'm getting better at it.
Something I have learned, again (I say again b/c I already knew this about me) is that I am not a good teacher. Nope, not me. I am not patient, and I suck at explaining myself. I also get particularly annoyed when people question my methods. A couple Saturdays ago my old trig. teacher asked if I ever thought about becoming a professor, or some other teacher, maybe when I retired. This is what I told him:
"You know I used to tutor my mom when she was taking a college algebra course. It took her seven trys to pass that class...I don't think teaching is for me."
The thing is, when I explain things to someone my age or older I always feel like I'm talking down to them, and that they feel like I'm talking down to them, and as a result won't like me. So I try not to and end up leaving out little details that I thought maybe they could pick up, but no they couldn't, so then I have to go through it a couple times, and then I get impatient, and then use the words "uh" and "well" much more than any normal person should, and then things get confusing, and man this sentence is long.
This is my first time to train someone at a place that isn't a restaurant. I really think I'm getting better at it.