If they tried driving to Bible class the same way they teach, they would never arrive. No, the challenge of Bible teaching is much more than mustering the courage to stand before a sleepy-eyed Sunday morning audience and talk. Likely, it is appreciated more by looking at specific teaching objectives than by spending time on diverse formal definitions ofteaching. This means the teacher is supposed to be ahead of the student. There should be no surprises in this statement.
Students expect it.
A case in point was once related concerning a young preacher's wife who was put in charge of a ladies class filled with far more experienced ladies of the congregation. Resentment mounted as the young teacher's inadequate knowledge continued to display itself. Finally, a major crisis of disharmony erupted. However, a teacher must truly excel in this area. Considering the fact that the truth could suffer substantially in the hands of the unprepared, this point cannot be casually by-passed.