From the “Teaching” perspective, it is easier to offer the “Answers” as rules to

From the “Teaching” perspective, it is easier to offer the “Answers” as rules to follow. For example, if I were to set the rules saying each stitch has to be 0.5mm, I can rest after “teaching” what is the “rule”. This isn’t the teaching style I pursue. If the goal is to get money by making them feel good about themselves, this would be an easy style – my goal is to pass down the Sashiko we practice. For that, I want my students to surpass me, and they need to find their own “Answers” to do so. Offering instantaneous answers is easy & satisfying in the short-term, yet it can limit the possibility of its practice from a cultural perspective. [Shuhari – 守破離] is one of the philosophy explaining how “teaching” is like in Japan.
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“Teaching” now has become a form of entertainment. My workshop is following the same route as the teaching won’t be accepted if it is entertaining (I watch so many stand-up comedy to be funny in the workshops). There is nothing wrong with having fun learning. We should enjoy learning itself. However, as a student, we need to know that there is “more” than the entertainment we enjoy. Otherwise, the one who really can “teach” will be erased from the practice itself. I want to be funny, yet I do not want you to just consume Sashiko as entertainment because there are other sides to the joy of Sashiko by learning more. I am doing my best to be the best “teacher” in Sashiko – so please be mindful of whom you are learning Sashiko from. At this point, I am probably the only one who can do so in English.
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何かを人様に教える際、「正解」を明記すると教えることが楽になります。正解が数字で表現されるものであれば尚更です。「針目は0.5mmに統一してください」と教えれば、あとは生徒さんの努力次第という、ある意味で「教えること」の完了になるからです。ただ、正解を目的にしてしまうと、その生徒さんは先生を超えることが難しくなります。日本の「見て学べ」というのは、確かに「技術を取得する」という観点では非効率ではありますが、師匠を超える（技術を継承する）という意味では理に適っているのかなと思うのです。教えられたことだけできても師匠は超えられませんから。
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私が刺し子をお教えする運針会では、「型」のみお伝えして、正解はお伝えしません。「型」も自分で学べというのが厳しい方の意見かと思いますが、私は「型は教えても良い（教えるべき）」と判断して運針会を開催しています。人生には限られた時間しかありませんから。8月26日に運針会を開催します。興味を頂ける方はプロフィールの詳細よりお問合せ頂けましたら幸いです。
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2023-08-13 23:32:10

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