Mastery

This was a fun book to read because I was able to relate to many things George Loeonard wrote. One part that stood out was when he advised, "When it's your turn to teach or supervise or give advice, you might try the following approach: 'Here's what I like about what you're doing, and here's how you might improve it'". (p 125) This reminded me of a GREAT English professor I had; when he would go over my papers, he always pointed out all the positives and then told me what I needed to work on. I appreciated him for not putting me down and just focusing on the negatives.
I also enjoyed reading Chapter 5 under "The Best of Instructors, the worst of Instructors". George had four students, two bright and two not so bright. It was interesting to read how he taught them differently and didn't pay much attention to the "slow" students. This is why I always wanted to become a teacher, to help the slow students catch up. Till this day, I'm still a slow learner (nothing wrong with that), and if it wasn't for the patience of my teachers I wouldn't have made it this far. I want to make what seems impossible for my students to learn possible. The problem with this though is I hope I don't ignore my talented students. I think I found a way, but we'll see if it works.

All in all, this book made me want to pump some iron! I always make excuses as to why I can't try new sports or hit the weights, so we'll see what happens :)