Patrice-Coyle-Ch. 10-Epilogue

 Chapter 10

Summary

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary." Chapter 10 expounded on what is taught. "Sixty percent of what you teach applies to everybody." As a teacher, you are not only teaching your craft, but you are teaching students how to learn and teach themselves. Discover what they need, how they learn, and how they succeed.  It takes time, but growing that personal connection is the quickest way to spark that learning process.

Application

My main goal as a teacher will be to have my students feel confident when practicing on their own. Have them recognize what needs to be adjusted, how placement should feel, what sound should they be producing. I want to teach them how to teach themselves. I loved the quote at the beginning of the chapter- "A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary." I want to be that kind of teacher.

Epilogue

Summary

The epilogue focused on myelin building in education, business, psychology, and aging. The talent code is grown through master teaching (which is ignition) and deep practice (which is myelin building). Talent is grown, not born. We need to allow people to learn how to grow and build their talents. We need to teach how to deep practice, how to want to build myelin. It becomes a process of teaching students the desire to learn and grow.

Application

I loved the example of Toyota and baseball team. The Toyota example spoke of making small changes. Deep practice and learning doesn't have to be major or huge. It is one small adjustment at a time. The baseball team story showed anyone can grow and learn something new. It also is not about being better than someone else, it is about improving beyond your past self. I want to be better at both of those things. Look at the small adjustments, not the desired end result. I also want to help my students see their improvement and growth.