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instructors complement each other during a lesson.
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> ## Sabry Razick
> My approach is to show it is fun to demystify concepts. Once a concept is
> not a mystery anymore, the learners will understand is what it means, where
> it is coming from, why it is in place and what it could it offer for their future.
> I try to relate concepts to real life with a twist of humour whenever possible if
> the outcome is certain not be offensive to any one. I use diagrams whenever possible,
> I have spent weeks creating diagrams that is sometime three or four sentences. That
> effort I consider worthwhile as my intention is not to teach, but to demystify.
> Once that is achieved, learners will learn the nitty gritty on their own easily
> and with confidence, when they have the use-case.
>
>
{: .challenge}
:::{challenge} Sabry Razick
My approach is to show it is fun to demystify concepts. Once a concept is
not a mystery anymore, the learners will understand is what it means, where
it is coming from, why it is in place and what it could it offer for their future.
I try to relate concepts to real life with a twist of humour whenever possible if
the outcome is certain not be offensive to any one. I use diagrams whenever possible,
I have spent weeks creating diagrams that is sometime three or four sentences. That
effort I consider worthwhile as my intention is not to teach, but to demystify.
Once that is achieved, learners will learn the nitty gritty on their own easily
and with confidence, when they have the use-case.

{: .challenge}

> ## Richard Darst
>
> Like many people, I've often been teaching, but rarely a teacher. I
> tend to teach like I am doing an informal mentorship.
> I've realized long ago that my most important lessons weren't
> learned in classes, but by a combination of seeing things done by
> friends and independent study after that. I've realized that
> teaching (the things I teach) is trying to correct these differences
> in backgrounds.
>
> My main job is supporting computing infrastructure, so my teaching
> is very grounded in real-world problems. I'm often start at the
> very basics, because this is what I see missing most often.
>
> When teaching, I like lots of audience questions and don't mind
> going off-script a bit (even though I know it should be minimized).
> I find that sufficient audience interest allows any lesson to be a
> success - you don't have to know everything perfectly, just show how
> you'd approach a problem.
>
{: .challenge}
:::

:::{challenge} Richard Darst
Like many people, I've often been teaching, but rarely a teacher. I
tend to teach like I am doing an informal mentorship.
I've realized long ago that my most important lessons weren't
learned in classes, but by a combination of seeing things done by
friends and independent study after that. I've realized that
teaching (the things I teach) is trying to correct these differences
in backgrounds.

My main job is supporting computing infrastructure, so my teaching
is very grounded in real-world problems. I'm often start at the
very basics, because this is what I see missing most often.

When teaching, I like lots of audience questions and don't mind
going off-script a bit (even though I know it should be minimized).
I find that sufficient audience interest allows any lesson to be a
success - you don't have to know everything perfectly, just show how
you'd approach a problem.

:::


:::{keypoints}
- Here we summarize keypoints.
- People have different viewpoints on teaching.
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