This, probably more than anything in this lesson, struck a cord with me. I know it's true, and I've known it for a long time, but just seeing it now in print made me stop and ponder it anew. I've been teaching now for about 12 years, and early on I became of aware of something pretty profound. That when I started, I thought that I would be teaching what I knew to the students. In reality, though, it turned out to be that I found out WHAT I knew by trying to teach it. This really is the same idea as Most Learning Takes Places Outside of the Classroom. It takes place when you try to apply it at home, at work, in real life. It just so happened for me that my work WAS the classroom. As instructors, I think we all want to help students to learn, but I think it's also easy to forget that we aren't the end-all of their education. Education and learning have to continue beyond the classroom, and, as instructors, it's really our job to help give them the tools and training to succeed not so much IN but beyond the classroom. I think this has helped me today. And I don't know if I'm just a control freak or what because I'm already trying to come up with some ways now that I can bring Beyond the Classroom situations INTO the classroom. :-D