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Absolutely Bill!
And that is why I posted this thread as a topic.
When I teach where I work (college subjects), it amazes me how many students will not ask questions. Then when they take an exam or have to complete a project, they get stuck because they must apply what they are learning and by that time it is too late.
I realize that handicapping is very much akin to subjects like Accounting and Math and not like History and Sociology.
With Accounting it is about understanding concepts and then "applying" that understanding. This is college level thinking.
With History, it is about memorization and repeating what is memorized. This is high school level thinking.
Too many people will read the forums, read a book and then try to work a race. They get stuck. It is too hard because they have to apply what they are learning and that is something they are not accustomed to doing. They are accustomed to "looking up" an answer instead of "figuring out" the answer.
You and others on this forum have been figuring it out for so long that we don't even remember what it is like to be spoon-fed.
When people get stuck, they need to "ask" questions which will give them direction to figure it out for themselves. That is what a coach does... quides them. They do not teach them.
In college level work, it is not the teachers job to teach. It is the students job to learn.
Coaches guide..... students learn.
So when the posts that will inevitably come asking "How can I get a coach?", what needs to happen is for the person to put forth the effort in applying what they learn from this forum in order to know what questions to ask. In asking the questions, the people who give freely of their time such as yourself, will then guide them to find the answers for themselves.
Jim
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