The most under-appreciated skill in the modern world is someone who can explain the complex in simple terms without trivializing it.
-- Scott Berkun
Anyone want to suggest other contenders for the title?
Posted by gerv at October 4, 2009 8:32 PM | TrackBackHow about "good teacher"?
Posted by: dustin at October 4, 2009 11:19 PMA parent who will do anything to give their child a better chance than they had.
Posted by: Ewan Spence at October 5, 2009 11:41 PMdustin: I think you just said what Scott said :-)
Posted by: Gerv at October 6, 2009 7:40 AMI had a college professor who could do that. Dr. Donald B. DeYoung. I sat there and watched him explain the ideal gas laws (Boyle's Law and so on) to a group of undergrad students, none of whom were science majors, in twenty minutes, and *everyone* got it. It was amazing.
Posted by: Jonadab the Unsightly One at October 6, 2009 10:46 AM