I recently started teaching some classes where I work and am having a really good time with it. So I decided to sign up to teach some other classes for an art studio starting this summer. My biggest fear, of course, is for everyone to figure out that I don't have a clue what I am talking about. I mean, I DO, but seem to have this niggling feeling that somewhere along the line one of my pupils will decide I am a sham. Then I get a surge of optimism and realize that as long as I know more than they do I will be okay. Therefore, I am frantically furthering my own education on the subjects I am teaching (quiltmaking, paper piecing, thread painting, and watercolor) so I can always be a atep ahead. Hmmm, is that the secret to being a good teacher? Always exploring and educating to pass the information along to those who put their creative faith in you? I suppose the outcome can be one of two things:
MY TEACHER IS MY MASTER - or - DEPRAVITY #1: DESTRUCTION OF A FEMALE TEACHER
p.s. anyone interested in class info can contact me at matadecoco2001@hotmail.com (more shameless self-promo)