Teaching and learning

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 28 Dec 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

nocturnaldreamr	28 Dec 2003
wow... For xmas (i wrote about this in a different thread near the beginning of dec.) i got my japanese exchange sister the ukiyoe tarot deck. she absolutely loves it! anyways, the other nite i discussed the major arcana to her, to help her understand better. the booklet that came with it was all english and her english is limited. it was sort of a challenge to me, because i am still a beginner at reading the tarot. so anyways, the point of this thread is just to say that teaching the tarot (or ANYTHING really..) to someone who speaks a limited amount of your native language REALLY helps you remember and learn the tarot for yourself (as well as them). =o)

jmd	28 Dec 2003
Absolutely! One of the ways to really assist learning is to teach! And when the language needs to be kept 'simpler', even more so: the essence of the concepts, metaphors, and analogies from everyday experiences, have to be found...

Simone	28 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by jmd Absolutely! One of the ways to really assist learning is to teach! And when the language needs to be kept 'simpler', even more so: the essence of the concepts, metaphors, and analogies from everyday experiences, have to be found... I absolutely agree! My experience is that those cards I had a hard time explaining to someone will remain forever etched in my memory. Hope I'll have to go through it with all of them - perhaps I'll find a student too? Light and love Simone

TemperanceAngel	28 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by jmd One of the ways to really assist learning is to teach! Agree, other peoples insights are so amazing, esp. within a learning group. I am so excited about teaching my first 4 week course in Feb :D:D:D XTAX

ros	30 Dec 2003
I always get certain people who I know are having an issue with something or other to pick cards or numbers or animals anything to help them figure out why they are letting something bother them. I look things up, even sometimes I'll have new books or cards I haven't studied & get them to give me whatever is needed & I send it to them to read. I have learned a lot of info trying to help people or teach people about thinking on the other side of the issue or to listen to their intuition. I never know who is the teacher or the student. You know the saying "when the student is ready the teacher will arrive" it's I think 50/50 we both learn if not about the subject, about the personality.I even learn from children.The most innocent of a subject are sometimes the most intuitive.

Astraea	30 Dec 2003
So glad that your exchange sister likes her new deck! I agree absolutely with you about teaching and learning -- they're two sides of the same coin.

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