One particularly high point of the weekend

[draconis]

I felt this one deserved its own entry, not least because it so thoroughly boggled my mind.

Thursday night, my father and I were sitting out on the deck talking, and he said something that just absolutely blew me away. We'd been talking about some of the stuff we'd been teaching my nephews / his grandsons, and he told me that I was "the best damned teacher he'd ever seen."

WTF? Where did that come from?

Both of his parents were teachers, and damned fine ones -- when they retired, they were given a big fancy retirement dinner, and were both given significant awards, including one for being the longest-teaching couple in the state of MS.

My father even compared me to my grandfather, saying that he had been a damned fine teacher, but that I was "head and shoulders above him."

Okay, I'll admit that I'm pretty good, and that by the time I'm done teaching something to someone they know it -- and know it well -- but... I had to pick up my jaw after hearing him say that.

When he and I were helping my nephew dress his deer, he said something similar to my nephew -- something along the lines of, "Now you pay close attention to what he's telling you, because there's no finer teacher walking this earth than him."

I hope y'all will forgive me -- I'm afraid I'm going to be grinningly boggled for a bit over this one.

Comments

[kickair8p.livejournal.com]

Five years ago you showed me that sticky hands thing. It still sticks in my mind (pun intended, sorry).





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[mzlizzy.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the compliment! Such words from a parent should be treasured.

[devohoneybee.livejournal.com]

Awwwww. *smile* Doesn't surprise me at all, as you have a way of breaking things into their component structures and underlying principles that makes learning a very...*sensible* process... but that degree of being "seen" by someone who knows you well (and therefore can often take one's character for granted) is very precious indeed.

[(Anonymous)]

Should have replied closer to the time -- but hell, yeah. He's right. Certainly head and shoulders above a lot of the ones I've had, and a model I keep in mind when in front of my own.

--Shrewkate

[jcbdragon.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Um.

Damn, I don't know what to say to that, except thank you!


and a model I keep in mind when in front of my own.

I'm not sure I understood what you meant by this part?