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How much are you willing to teach?

Levelhead

Premium Member
My goal is to be a District Instructor so im willing to teach whatever a brother wants to learn or be refreshed on.


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goomba

Neo-Antient
Site Benefactor
And I completely agree with this. My concern, however, is with 2 separate situations. Let me break each of them down and hopefully that'll make my question a little clearer.

1) A young EA has sat down with you to discuss the degree. Assuming that you feel him to be worthy and he shows an interest to learn, would you push information to him, or simply give him some things to think about and see if he gets there on his own?
2) You are addressing a large audience of Masons. Some you feel worthy and interested in learning, some have no interest whatsoever. Would you freely share your insights with the masses?


1. That would depend on the person as each person learns differently.

2. I have four thoughts on this: lowest common denominator, average level, a requested topic and what I want talk about. The issue with one and two is they are subjective and you might not be able to get the information. Three would be a good idea for the lodge as they would know the climate of their lodge. Four I would be most passionate about this as it would something I felt strongly about at the moment.
 

Bloke

Premium Member
And I completely agree with this. My concern, however, is with 2 separate situations. Let me break each of them down and hopefully that'll make my question a little clearer.

1) A young EA has sat down with you to discuss the degree. Assuming that you feel him to be worthy and he shows an interest to learn, would you push information to him, or simply give him some things to think about and see if he gets there on his own?

I think Freemasonry is about discovery and developing the tools to make those discoveries through teaching a man to reflect. If you are spoon feeding him, you are not teaching him to reflect. Mind you, you mgiht spoon feed him starting with the line "I want you to reflect on this then tell me what you think next time we meet......<insert spoon full>"


2) You are addressing a large audience of Masons. Some you feel worthy and interested in learning, some have no interest whatsoever. Would you freely share your insights with the masses?

Yes. They are not "masses", they're Freemasons and I think we have a duty to mutually educate each other in the spirit of brotherly love and assisting brothers ... if they really are not interested and I could not interest them, then why waste our time ? Let's talk about something that engages them, when engaged, then you can go back to the point you want to share...

Step 1 is always engaging an audience...
 
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