This is a fantastic article and is another great example to pile on as to why Zed Shaw is the king of programming teaching.
One area I struggle with in tutoring is how to inspire/invoke/detect disciplined motivation. What I mean is, whenever I sit down to show someone something, I'm constantly questioning myself "wait, do they actually want to learn this level of detail, or am I just giving too much information that's going in one ear and out the other?" If someone is definitely motivated to learn that's great (and really inspiring for me as a teacher to do better at explaining things precisely).
If this nomenclature were more understood, I would like to say something like "Sorry, what you're trying to do is more of an early/junior task, and right now you need to stick with the Beginning basics". I just don't know how to phrase that without sounding condescending.
One area I struggle with in tutoring is how to inspire/invoke/detect disciplined motivation. What I mean is, whenever I sit down to show someone something, I'm constantly questioning myself "wait, do they actually want to learn this level of detail, or am I just giving too much information that's going in one ear and out the other?" If someone is definitely motivated to learn that's great (and really inspiring for me as a teacher to do better at explaining things precisely).
If this nomenclature were more understood, I would like to say something like "Sorry, what you're trying to do is more of an early/junior task, and right now you need to stick with the Beginning basics". I just don't know how to phrase that without sounding condescending.