Saturday Morning Thought: Everyone knows something already!

It can be easy for those "in charge", whether as an educator or supervisor, to forget that the adults they are leading and developing have....BRAINS!  Unless someone has been living in a cave his or her entire life, there are plenty of skills, knowledge, and experience to tap for sharing and learning.  And really that person who has been living in cave has skills that most people probably don't have that could easily be transferred to other areas of life.  So what made me think of this first thing on Saturday morning?  Well, Facebook of course!  A good friend of mine posted a recent experience from her class and I wanted to share it.  Even though her educator was skeptical (and even laughed at her), I like that he "accepted her challenge" and allowed her to demonstrate how an unrelated skill could transfer into what was being learned.  What personally touches me about this, is the fact my friend is in a male dominated field and of course, the class is the same way.  The skill she brought could be seen as a "female" skill and again, the fact that her instructor allowed her to show this even with some ridicule, speaks volumes for him as an adult educator and my friend as an adult learner.