If you were to teach something youโ€™re good at, what would it be?

Rachel_Scope
Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team
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For me, I'd teach piano as I've been playing since I was very young. I tried to teach my son but he had little interest in it. I'm hoping my daughter will be different! She's 1 and absolutely loves her little instrument box, but it's maybe because she gets to hit a drum and make a loud noise ๐Ÿ˜‚

What would you teach?

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  • rubin16
    rubin16 Scope Member Posts: 1,620 Championing
    edited February 10

    I would teach IT, Website Design, Networking and Cybersecurity.

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,283 Championing

    I'm a qualified horse riding instructor

    Did it over 30 years ago now

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    They are great skills to teach @rubin16! Have you taught them before? I remember you saying you worked in cybersecurity.

    That's amazing @Amberpearl! Did you teach all ages? I used to have lessons and absolutely loved it but then I got too ill. My mum has MS and has lessons every week with the Riding for the Disabled Association and has been going for years.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,549 Championing
    edited February 10

    This is funny as I was talking about this to my parents this morning!!!

    They wanted to say "no" to someone about a difficult idea someone had presented to them that the person would probably forget about in a week anyway. I asked them if they'd like me to give them a lesson on giving non-committal answers for the sake of diplomacy ๐Ÿ˜†

    I've had to grow up surviving by not overtly disagreeing with dangerous people, and over time I developed a way to show I understand without condoning what they say or abandoning my own views

    So now when someone has a crazy impulsive idea, or says an extremist view, I still come out with stuff like "yeah, that makes sense" or "that's a really interesting thought"

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,283 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1100677#Comment_1100677

    Yes

    I. Was absolutely obsessed with horses after a freind took me horse riding aged 12

    I spent every weekend helping out at the stables

    I love animals

    I. Used to have 2 when I. Was 18

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,482 Championing

    Engineering. ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    I'm very intrigued @66Mustang about your answer. Are you able to share why you had to learn such a skill? It's so difficult saying no to people, I'd definitely love some tips in doing that ๐Ÿ˜‚

    Do you have any pictures @Amberpearl? I love horses. We have quite a few horses walking past our house - with riders of course!

    Engineering fascinates me @OverlyAnxious. What type of engineering would you teach? I love learning how rollercoasters and aeroplanes work.

  • Carl_Scope
    Carl_Scope Posts: 329 Online Community Team

    Car maintenance for me ๐Ÿ˜€

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    I could do with that @Carl_Scope!

    What instrument would you like to learn @Emilee? They're great things to teach. My son could do with some simple home cooking lessons. If he's asked to make his own tea he just has soup and toast! Any suggestions for something easy he could make?

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    Maybe you could dust it off and give it another go @Emilee? Are there any particular songs you'd like to learn? You could find an easy tutorial for it and it'd be more motivating than doing scales!

    Considering how much my son loves soup it'd be a great idea for him to make his own. I'm sure his answer would be 'why wouldn't I just use a tinned one' though!

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 6,170 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    So many great ideas hereโ€ฆ I'd definitely be taking a lot of lessons ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿคฃ

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team

    I dabble a bit in graphic design too @PixelMist. I'd love to see some of your work if you're happy to share? We have Kaleidoscope where our members share their creative talents!

  • Fatabelly
    Fatabelly Community Member Posts: 1 Listener

    I would teach Woodworking & Joinery, or PC & Internet Skills.
    I was a Time Served Shopfitting Joiner many many years ago, and I even taught Woodworking to clients of a Brain Injury Charity for a couple of years which was super rewarding to me.
    And PC Skills as Iโ€™ve been using Computers and The Internet since before there was an Internet, lol.

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