What were you doing in 1992?

@TheSirfurryanimalWales Didn't know you were a teacher. What did you teach? I was a primary teacher for 2 years, but long before that. I still use those skills I learnt interacting with kids though.

@Abstraction I trained as a History Teacher but ended up in Primary School.Mainly teaching the juniors but occasionally the infants.That was interesting!

@TheSirfurryanimalWales I bet. I learnt so much from kids. I taught grade 5 the first year. They used to listen to something I said, and this girl Melissa would raise her hand above her head and lower it - like can you bring the level down?

Second year I taught grade 2. 7 year olds. If I wasn't clear to them they screwed their noses up in confusion. We did have a lot fun when I worked out their level.

By the time I could make myself understood by 7 year olds, I was ready to communicate to adults. I do a lot of training globally. I feel like some people are trying to impress with their eloquence or perhaps subconsciously their old university lecturers. Make it simple. Make it clear. Let people wrestle with the content, not your communication.

@Abstraction I was running a church in Perth in 1992. The following year I started in overseas aid in Melbourne.

@Abstraction yeah...of all the time I spent teaching the comment I remember most was when a ten year old thanked me on a Friday afternoon for giving them a great week.
I must have been doing something right!
Keep it simple sounds good to me.
Trouble is I spot a spelling mistake or grammatical error from a mile away...
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