This little statement was made to me by a lady with whom I was talking about the Lord's work. This statement is typical of many similar ones which I hear from coast t o coast. It seems that to many, teaching is the ability to confuse the hearer so that he will leave the room amazed at the brilliance of the teacher. It might be wise to examine just what teaching really is.
Teaching is the transfer of knowledge.
To many, it is considered the displaying of knowledge. Teaching is not the taking out of one's knowledge and displaying it in the presence of the hearer. Teaching is the hearer leaving with knowledge wi th which the speaker entered. Unless the hearer leaves knowing what the speaker knew when he came, the teaching process has not taken place. This would indicate that many times the pupil fails does so, at least partially, because the teacher has failed.