contemplating
The guy on the left habitually sits in the plaza in Harvard Square taking on all comers for $2 a game. He's been there for as long as I can remember and, judging by the times I've watched, there are few who beat him. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting there waiting for someone and got to watch him in a different mode. This youngster played with him about half an hour, watching the eyes of the master to decide whether or not a move was correct. The teacher was gentle with him, soft-spoken, and never talked down to him... explaining in detail why each move was a good one or a bad one. Then, a while later, I watched the same sort of lesson with an older teenager. I guess Harvard University isn't the only place thereabouts where real learning occurs. :-)
contemplating
The guy on the left habitually sits in the plaza in Harvard Square taking on all comers for $2 a game. He's been there for as long as I can remember and, judging by the times I've watched, there are few who beat him. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting there waiting for someone and got to watch him in a different mode. This youngster played with him about half an hour, watching the eyes of the master to decide whether or not a move was correct. The teacher was gentle with him, soft-spoken, and never talked down to him... explaining in detail why each move was a good one or a bad one. Then, a while later, I watched the same sort of lesson with an older teenager. I guess Harvard University isn't the only place thereabouts where real learning occurs. :-)