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What do you know well enough to teach others?

Through either education or life experience what topic do you know well to teach or have taught in the past?"Scientists" This question is for everyone. I have linked this question to the "Scientists" group to invite their participation. Click on the hyper link to jump to the Scientists group.

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kensmile4u 8 Feb 16
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Level 6

The insignificance of this universe and all within.

Is there anything you consider significant?

@kensmile4u Within a pulsating universe nothing is significant.
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Level 7

Writing.

Do you specialize in any particular area of writing instruction?

@kensmile4u As an editor, I spend a lot of time educating new and aspiring authors about structure, language use, plot development, etc.. I used to try to teach them about grammar and punctuation, but most would rather pay for proofreading services than learn what an em dash is. lol
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Level 8

Math, philosophy & history

First I must say I have much respect for you raising a child as a single dad. I've been there and i know it's not easy. Which of the three is your favorite subject to teach?

Math@kensmile4u

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Level 6

Apparently my job, as I have had to teach it to everyone over the past few years

I hope you got some coins for that.

Nope
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Level 9

Absolutely nothing.

i've been reading your comments on this site. You have a lot to offer!

@kensmile4u Thank you. It's kind of you to say that.

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Level 8

Earth sciences, if anything.

I have a friend who is a geologist. He has a great job where they send him to far flung locations all over the planet. It makes the gypsy in me jealous. Do you get to travel in your work?

Geology was my original major, it became my second minor. Lol, I do travel for work, sort of. Anywhere from Dallas to Galveston, San Antonio to Beaumont, but mostly Houston and the northern suburbs. Every day I drive somewhere. Some projects take months like the school district we’re currently working. Johnson Space Center job took years. But other jobs take an hour. I guess I travel the region extremely well. @kensmile4u

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Level 6

History, mythology, religion, cooking, life shills, respect

Which of the 6 topics is your favorite to teach?

Thats tough but probably a tie between history and mythology
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Level 8

First off Ken, Love your stratocaster, she is a baby,
I know me well enough to show others how to know themselves. Spent a long time constructing this.
Now regarding science, I am a life long participating fan, I am well read in the field and particularly physics. ONce someone achieves a minimal grasp of science, how it works and the standards it stands by, they become enlightened, Part of my teaching in knowing yourself is of course, a working knowledge of science. science is the answer to all. ALL

EMC2 Level 8 Feb 16, 2018
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Thanks for the compliment on the Strat. She is a vintage reissue of the 59 model. I searched a long time to find it. A real joy to play and great tone! That guitar has helped me collect a lot of coin!

Your personal philosophy sounds a little like Jungian individuation. I've read some of his books but i find his works to be a little wordy and impenetrable. You might find it resonates well with you.

Lastly I agree with you... SCIENCE RULES!

@kensmile4u I majored in Psychology but like you hated Carl Jung. Way too long and not specific in theory, I follow and read all on theoretical physics and that is where my spiritual side comes from, The human mind is a terrible thing to waste without more food for thought.
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Level 7

There is something I would like to teach to a group of interested members of this website, but I am not quite ready yet. The idea for the group is still a tiny egg, and I will present it when it gets to the larval stage of development.

I look forward to it.

@kensmile4u I will send you an invite
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Level 5

English, How to research to outsmart your programming. Health, end of life care. cbttherapy.

Khmm Level 5 Feb 16, 2018
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I have much respect for your work in end of life care. I could not do that job. It takes a very special person. Thanks for being you!

@kensmile4u thanks. methinks life's lessons forge an end of life health worker. It's not a profession one chooses.
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Level 7

1 I am a UKCC level 2 table tennis coach, and a UEFA C licence football (soccer for any Americans) coach.

  1. I know how to teach people when to say 'Thats what she said'

Is table tennis popular in the UK? I recently played against my friends mother who was visiting from the UK. I think i'm a pretty good player but she schooled me on the table. I was properly humbled. I think I could use a little advise on item number two as well. Lol

@kensmile4u It is not that popular a sport over here, but someone has to play it. I play quite regularly and coach a bit as well.

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Level 8

Yang style Tai Chi traditional long form and taiji dao (saber) Lian Gong She Ba Fa.
How to keep goats and make goats milk yoghurt and cheese
How to keep chickens
How to breed pedigree cats and dogs
How to reduce PTSD symptoms through EFT
General life coaching techniques involving hypnosis and NLP

I was a dog breeder during my college years. It helped pay the bills. What breed do you like the most? I've studied some NLP. what you do with sabers? forms? collect?

@kensmile4u this is my teacher showing the saber form at slow pace

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Level 9

That they will never know me.

Thanks to the internet, the world is getting smaller by the day. Subsequently opportunities provided by social media and other interactive platforms helps us pierce the veil of the unknown and the mysterious. Utilizing that opportunity continuously over time allows us to explore the deepest regions of a cooperative mind.

@kensmile4u That is the key... cooperative mind. And a scam artist already made it its playground too... lurking at every site, at every corner. Trying to stay ahead of the game. Liars found in the internet a home too. But I am a lot more than words can say. That should be the Mantra of Every Man. I am an Open Book and the best of me... is the chapter that was edited out. That is reserved for the Special People. With respect to all here... my favorite site.
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Level 4

There are some things I could teach others. For instance, I can teach English to immigrants in a way that keeps them motivated and learning. As an art major in my undergrad years, I could teach painting ( oil, acrylics, pastels, and charcoal). Since I have gone to so many seminars on photography and do quite a bit of it myself, I guess I could teach that too. I particularly like to shoot models or candids of people. I could teach others how to start their own business, or even a good way to lose weight. Let me stop here. Let's just say I have lived long enough to have learned many, many things.

You do have a diverse skill set. Which is your favorite Art medium to work in?

kensile4u.. My favorite is oils, but sadly have to deal with using acrylics due to ventilation and clean up.

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Level 4

In this world knowledge wasn't given to a single man so yes other know something you don't know

Glad you said that. It really takes the pressure off of me. Lol... My goal with this question is to help us get to know each other and learn about the strengths of this diverse community. So what are your strengths?
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Level 8

First let me say I am a lousy teacher; I lack the patience necessary for the task. As for the skills: all of the skills necessary to build, develop, operate, manage and maintain a modern farm - Market and promote your products and develop those markets, -how to train dogs, -public speak, -carpentry, - power engineering, -electrical wiring and system construction and repair, -pipe laying, -negotiation, -conflict resolution, _gardening, -fishing, -hunting, -trapping, -tree falling, -animal husbandry, -bushcraft, rigging, engine repair
These skills would never have happened had I not learned the joy of learning new things and how to have an open mind to them but I don't know how to teach that.

You have a diverse and very utilitarian set of skills. Have you ever though about getting an apprentice? Maybe you are better in a one on one setting.
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Level 6

Common sense. It's a rarity in this day and age.

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Level 8

Having the knowledge and experience and being able to communicate it to a particular audience in a particular mode are two different things.

I am teaching software development to my 15 year old grandson, via remote computer sharing, every Friday afternoon for an hour or so. He seems to be having the desired "aha moments" so I believe I'm doing it "right".

I authored courseware and then taught it in week-long seminars to developers back in the mid 1990s. I wrote a few books on the topic and one of them was required reading at a private university in the midwest around the same time frame.

I also was technical editor for a national publication for a few years.

All of this was fun at a certain level but not that financially rewarding unless you were willing to work the trade show circuit as a speaker, and I wasn't. It was too exhausting for me mentally to be "on" eight hours a day on someone else's schedule. I guess I'm too much of an introvert.

So I focused on independent consulting and that has worked out super well for me -- so no regrets.

Thats great for you to spend such quality time time with your grandson. Hopefully he willI continue through college with it while you mentor him. I enjoy doing consulting work as well.

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Level 8

Depends on the level but Roman History & Autism. Bet you don't see that on a ven diagram very often lol

I must admit i have never seen that on a ven diagram.
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Level 9

Atheism 101 (we should all be able to do that).

We have a great collection of teachers on this site!
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Level 7

carpentry / renovations

What type of carpenter are you? See the pic of the Boat Dock I designed and built in my spare time. I enjoyed doing this project in my back yard. It took about a year to complete. But I am not a trim or finish carpenter. That's beyond me where precision, knowledge, and talent combine to produce works of art.

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Level 7

How to beat Halo on legendary.

haha my middle son is an extraordinary gamer. He even has the word halo in his email name. What else do you like to do?

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Level 6

How to not get anything done

Haha I have my moments of brilliance in that area too!
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