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They Are Watching.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012, 13:11
"We need to better understand the youth of today. I think from their viewpoint, we must have looked like cavemen, set in our prehistoric ways.

I recall trying and failing badly, attempting to teach my kids Maths. The answers were right, but the techniques I used confused them and differed from what their teachers taught at school.

Back in the office, thinking to myself, I realised that I have experience and knowledge, but somehow I was not getting through to the people on the ground. Something was missing. I needed an interpreter.

A lot of us have children. Have you ever tried to decode the SMS your kids send you? Lol, lmao, wth, omg, abd. There are others, but I won't attempt to list them all. I guess it's also about communication. I'm sure for all of us graduands here, going through this course gave us a better insight into teaching our curriculum.

We now find ourselves better equipped, but remember, we now have new tools in our toolbox. What we have to decide now is, do we continue to use a butter knife to loosen that screw or do we use an electric screwdriver? The choice is ours to make and they (our trainees) are watching."






Ernest