How Good And/or Patient Are You As A Teacher?

[Ratherbfishing]

All of us should remain students of our beloved sport however sometimes humility is thrust upon us and we are required to be teachers as well.  How good do you think you are as a teacher and, in a similar vein, how patient are you?

 

Speaking for myself (who else could I be speaking for?), it largely depends on the willingness of the other person to learn.  I don't generally assert my opinion too forcefully unless it's requested.  If a person asks for help but then readily dismisses what I have to say or, more irritatatingly, attributes my success to "luck", I don't bother any further.  On the other hand, if someone is curious and asks a lot of questions, I'm more than happy to oblige and will even stop what I'm doing to instruct them.  Truthfully, I haven't much patience with children who'd rather throw rocks than fish-unless the fishing is downright horrible in which case I might just join in.  A friend asked me if I'd be willing to take her son fishing.  I asked her if she thought he had a real interest in fishing or was this going to be an exercise in...well, was he likely to be a pain?  (I've seen how he can be as an aspiring teenager" and I wasn't overly impressed).  I admitted to her that fishing is my passion and I don't have a great deal of room for "attitude."  Ultimately we agreed that it probably wasn't the best plan.  One of my best experiences was the time a young teenage girl who sat at Park bench, watched me fish for awhile.  I was doing fairly well and after a while, we struck up a conversation.  Eventually I lent her a rod with a plastic worm tied on.  She almost immediately caught a nice bass.  It was so fast I thought she must've snagged the bottom.  But she fought it like a champ.  I like to think she still goes out fishing sometimes-and maybe it's even a passion.

[boostr]

^{I don't know yet, my son is only 3 and has the attention span of rock.   ... I will prevail}  

[Darren.]

What is patience? Never heard of it... 

 

Heh. 4 boys from 16 to 9. Been fishing with them all their lives. Each is so different. One will give up after 5 minutes of not getting a bite, the middle two are patient and will fish till they catch something...for the most part. #4 is a mixture. He's not perfected his casting skills but thinks he's got it.

 

Pobody's nerfect.

[Sam]

Depends.

 

Children have a short attention span so you have to realize that when teaching them.

 

Also, children may not be totally into fishing and could care less which makes teaching them anything a challenge.

 

I use live bait when teaching children how to fish. You have to realize that a child wants "action" and bass fishing can be 23 hours and 59 minutes of bordem and 1

[Sam]

minute of a wild and wacky ride.

 

As for adults, I give them the basics and let them figure it out from that point forward.

 

P.S.  Sorry for the extra pane but as you know if you hit a wrong key your post can get posted by the computer.

[Ratherbfishing]

I still haven't broken my girlfriend of reelin' like crazy when she hooks a fish.

[spartyon8]

As a 3rd grade teacher myself, I decided to take my nephew (1st grader) out fishing this summer and we spent 8 hours on the lake. I made sure that he was catching fish. I forced him to get hands on with taking the hook out and putting his own crappie nibbles on. I threw his spincast reel in my locker and gave him my crappie spinning reel. Taught him for a few casts and he was all on his own. Just knowing what I do from inside of a classroom of youngsters, staying occupied is difficult but VERY rewarding. This concept is even used when I speak with parents. As long as I keep them in the loop or doing something with their children, all runs smoothly.

[Catt]

I've thaught the fine art of structute fishing for the last 36 yrs, I've had students from age 5 to age 65. For the last 5 years I also coachedJunior Varsity & Varsity PE at a private school in southwest Louisiana.

I'm currently working with 3 of my grandson ages 5-7-13, two sons & their cose friend ages 24-26-34, one of my close friends age 59, & my brother age 65.

Each is an individual, they learn differently, comprehend differently, & retain differently.

I'also working with a dozen or so on-line, 2 teens and the rest vary, on-line is more intense because its harder to explain than show.

Teacher and students must learn that we gonna bump elbows, bruse egos, and generally tick each other off...get over yourself!

[Bankbeater]

When I take my kids fishing, I am not going to land a new state record.  I'm going out so that my kids can land a new state record. 

[Bluebasser86]

I have tons of patience teaching people and kids to fish. I used to teach some kids fishing classes at a private lake and had a lot of fun doing it. I even had a 9 year old girl who'd never fished a lure in her life catch a 4 1/2 pound bass while I was teaching them how to fish a wacky rig, that was pretty cool. 

[roadwarrior]

I don't know that this actually qualifies as "teaching" because all my "students"

are great sticks, but two years ago I put twelve guys (mostly BR members) onto

their Personal Best.

[flyfisher]

I am real patient with the kids but adults....i give the basics and help out however i can but to fully get joy i beleive you need to have that "aha" moment on your own.

 

Now when teaching to fly cast i am extremely patient as i know it can take a littel while before it clicks in your head and body and it works.

[Raul]

Well I don´t know how patient I am, but I taught to 10 generations of Veterinary Medicine students and those that survived speak good things about me, which it´s strange, I was a mean SOB.

[A-Jay]

For me teaching is communicating in it's purest form.

 

When problems arise in learning it's the responsibility of the teacher to adapt to the student not the other way around.

 

Explain, then Demonstrate and Explain & Demonstrate while making it fun is Key.

 

There is no time frame as learning is a journey not a race.

 

A-Jay

[Nice_Bass]

Descriptive words to describe my teaching style:

1. Impatient
2. pessimistic
3. micro-manager
4. foul-mouthed

my 6 year old throws spinnerbaits though- only because I found out its the only thing she has a hard time tangling. 

[RAMBLER]

I don't have enough patience to be a good teacher.

 

I learned a long time ago to tell people 3 times what is it you are going to tell them;

Then tell them 3 times what you have to tell them;

Then tell them 3 times what you told them.

 

If they don't get it after that, well, stupid is for life.

[geo g]

I have been a high school teacher and football coach my entire adult life.   Next year will be my 43 year teaching in the Miami Dade County School System.  I treat fishing the same way I approach teaching.  I listen a lot and give advice when asked.  I love fishing with a bunch of different people in my boat.  Although I'm  sure I have helped some with their catching, I continue to learn from others almost every time I go out.  You are never too old, or to good, to learn from those around you.  I have also had some incredible relationships with some I have taken out fishing.  Getting a boat and enjoying this sport has been nothing but a win / win situation.

[noway]

I don't have enough patience to be a good teacher.

 

I learned a long time ago to tell people 3 times what is it you are going to tell them;

Then tell them 3 times what you have to tell them;

Then tell them 3 times what you told them.

 

If they don't get it after that, well, stupid is for life.

Public speaking class 101 :-)

[Big Jon]

^{I don't know yet, my son is only 3 and has the attention span of rock.   ... I will prevail}  

 

That's great. My older boy is almost 4. I took him out fishing about July of this last year. The whole way there he couldn't stop talking about fishing. We got there, tossed a t-rig over a stump and drug it over the top until it fell down the other side. It was immediately picked up. Reeled in about a half pounder and my son's face was just worth every second of that. As soon as we put him back in the water, he was done. He had conquered the fishing trip on the first cast and was done. I had to laugh because in most cases, I am the same way. Once I learn/conquer something, I'm on to the next thing. 

[davi754]

I had a big long answer typed up in the reply box, about how patient I am, and how much I love to teach. It took me like 30 minutes to put in what i wanted to say. But before I posted it, a new web page poped up on my iPad and I lost everything. I was so mad that I wanted to toss the iPad across the room. I guess I don't have as much PATIENCE as I thought I did. Needless to say I'm not gonna type that post again.

[RoLo]

Rather than judge one's self, I believe the student is the better judge of the teacher,

while the teacher is the better judge of the student.

 

Roger

[Fishes in trees]

For me , it isn't a matter of talent, more of a question of "want to".  One of the reasons I go fishing is to hang out in my own head for a while, be away from the rest of the world, so to speak.  This was easier to accomplish in the pre-cell phone era, but the advantages of the cell phone on the water outweigh the disadvantages.

 

Anyway, when I am planning to go fishing, I am not in the frame of mind to want to teach anyone anything - that is my time, my mental health therapy, so to speak.  Several years ago, I was asked if I wanted to take some neighbors teen ager fishing and I declined.  I have enough confidence in the younger generations that if they want to find their way fishing, the path is lit well enough that they can find it on their own.