Teaching and Learning

I recevied this graphic with some other optical illusions in an email from my mom yesterday. I don't know who to attribute it to, though I wish I did.

While it makes a nice optical illusion, it illuminates a profound truth.


Paradoxically, when we teach, we learn.

We typicaly think that we teach to help others learn, but if you've ever thought about it, you have realized how much you learn when you are teaching others.

Perhaps you learn about the other person/people.
Perhaps you understand your topic better.
Perhaps you learn new ways to teach that topic or other topics.
Perhaps you learn a new perspective from a student.
Perhaps you discover the answer to a question you had never considered.

There is much to learn when we are teaching.

So be grateful for the opportunity to teach others. While giving the gift of learning to them you are receiving the same gift.

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