So, school starts soon, and educators are talking about what they will do this year to get kids interested in school.
Our district is going with Deep Learning; today was the first time I heard about this iteration of the newest thing in education. What got my attention was the idea of students being the classroom expert on something. I thought about what I would be expert in (that no one else in the room would know).
I figured probably Saipan and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
What would you be the expert on? What do you know about that few people you regularly associate with would know?
At the ad agency where I work, I’m considered a SME (subject matter expert) on the health insurance industry. Few people I know socially would know this.
I’m a Grandmaster at chess problem solving - and was in the team that won a World Team Championship.
Although I live in the UK, I won the Tasmanian Open chess championship one year.
I’ve been doing some serious closet cleaning for my mother, as she slowly allows it. There is something extremely wrong in going into a pantry that’s perfectly serviceable (not overfilled or anything) and finding pots that have been in your mother’s house longer than you’ve been out of it.
Aside from the stuff I officially get paid to do, I’m apparently an expert listener and make-people-feel-better-er.
I was pretty well versed in the construction game, although nowadays I’d be out of date on codes and methods. I could also teach a novice how to make a dovetail joint.
Expectations for my current job is to know the assembly process of virtually every system on 737 program. I don’t actually know everything, I just know where to find the information. This also includes knowing about all the support organizations and getting them out when shop needs support. I took this job looking for something easy to do for a few years before I retire. I have never been busier in the almost 40 years at Boeing.
A friend of mine from grad school said that one of the things he loved most about librarianship is that it rewards you for knowing a little bit about a lot of things.
I don’t consider myself an expert on anything really, but I know more than most people do about MS Excel, Remington Steele, changing the alternator on 1978 Toyota Corollas, and Windows 3.1.
I’m pretty damn good at bread baking. Breads of all sorts, not just plain, white loaves. Of all sorts of baking, bread is my favorite and I’m glad I get a chance to do so much of it at work.
I’m also pretty good at crochet work, both yarn and thread work. I’ve done christening outfits, gloves, tablecloths, bedspreads, and ordinary afghans.
