{"id":4696,"date":"2017-02-28T18:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T23:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2017-02-28T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T23:56:08","slug":"whos-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/28\/whos-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Who’s learning?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Who is learning? Who is a student of woodworking? All of us, I contend, are, or at least should be, and almost always.<\/p>\n

Now, the healthy innocence of a student, not to be confused with a lack of confidence, is apparent<\/strong> when you start learning a new fundamental skill, such as paring with a long paring chisel. The same is true when you apply solid basic skills to a completely new task, such as using your layout, sawing, and chiseling skills to execute unfamiliar joinery, such as a multiple mortise and tenon.<\/p>\n

However, the presence of a learning situation is not so apparent<\/strong> at other times. An example, might be when you use a skill set that you have long mastered, such as cutting a through dovetail joint, in a different circumstance. You are very good at making that joint but this time the wood is different, a bit harder perhaps, and your customary slope ratio creates problems. You discover that you must also adjust your tolerances, tooling, and expectations.<\/p>\n

Thus, this too is a learning situation<\/strong> but you may not recognize it as such. You are, in effect, overconfident. Worse, you are mentally closed but you should be open.<\/p>\n

I believe that an absolute requirement for learning is to first recognize and accept<\/strong> that I do not, right now, know. Experience and previous successes must not obscure this.<\/p>\n

To learn<\/strong> \u2013 and learn, we must \u2013 we have to see the door, open the door, and walk through it.<\/p>\n

The late, great basketball coach John Wooden: “It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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