Comments on: Be Honest With Yourself: A Religion Worth Learning http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/02/08/be-honest-with-yourself-a-religion-worth-learning/ Where our past is never very long ago Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/02/08/be-honest-with-yourself-a-religion-worth-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-47466 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:16:16 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=6010#comment-47466 I’ll be interested in hearing of your experiences, michnellelurv. Comment here again if you think of it.

And maybe I should clarify that I wouldn’t expect my prepared answer to be the only one, or the only acceptable one (I hate it when teachers play guessing games to get to the answer they have in mind). I only mean that if I can provide myself with *an* answer, then the question is coherent enough to be answered, even if the answer is very different from mine.

]]> By: michnellelurv http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/02/08/be-honest-with-yourself-a-religion-worth-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-47463 michnellelurv Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:59:01 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=6010#comment-47463 I have the same problem while teaching gospel doctrine in my YSA ward. Thanks Ardis for the suggestion about writing the questions and answering before hand. I’ll try it this week to see if it improves class discussions. Here’s hoping!

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/02/08/be-honest-with-yourself-a-religion-worth-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-47298 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:21:50 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=6010#comment-47298 Cliff, not that you need or asked for help, but this is something that I suddenly realized while teaching this past Sunday: I plan my questions ahead of time, to the point of actually typing them out. I don’t read my notes as a script, but having forced myself to find the words to put on paper, I find that my oral wording of questions is smoother and more targeted.

What I realized this week is that I *always* get better answers to those questions when I have also taken the time to type out a possible answer. I think that’s because answering the question forces me to frame the question better. If I were to ask “So how does this affect our obligation to such-and-such?” or “What examples from our culture might illustrate thus-and-such?” and I haven’t answered the question privately to myself, then chances are good that the question is too vague or convoluted for anybody else to answer.

Maybe that has nothing to do with your situation. It’s my most recent inspiration to sharpen my teaching, though, so it’s on my mind.

]]> By: Cliff http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/02/08/be-honest-with-yourself-a-religion-worth-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-47295 Cliff Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:03:12 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=6010#comment-47295 Interesting post…raises thoughts about how many of us (Mormons) really study the gospel? I know many times I get blank looks when I teach in Sunday School or Priesthood and ask questions on gospel subjects that most of those in the ward who have been members for years ought to know…maybe it is me asking the question incorrectly, I don’t know.

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