Helping experts share their know-how & novices to discover it
The Curse of Knowledge means we forget what it’s like not to know what we know. (I explain why this happens in the first post in this series.)
But many experts also forget what it felt like not to know what they know. Because the further you move from beginner to expert, the more you forget your own struggles to master your subject.
It’s why experts get frustrated or bewildered when people don’t understand. [Read more…]
What makes people give up?
It’s disheartening, because you want people to get it. You want to help.
So what goes wrong?
Well, this story might help. I used to teach literacy skills to young people who had missed years of schooling. For some, writing more than two sentences was an achievement.
One day, Jess (not her real name) proudly gave me ten lines of writing – with no punctuation. To encourage her progress, I suggested she make it even better with some full stops.
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