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Teaching precepts
· Docendo Discimus...We learn by teaching. When
by yourself, you are the instructor.
· You don't know what you don't know.
· Much of what you think you know is incorrect.
· Together, we must find out why you don't know what
you don't know.
· It is practice of the right kind that makes perfect.
· You will never do well if you stop doing better.
· Students never fail, only teachers do.
· A student's performance is not so much a reflection
on the student, as it is on the instructor's ability to teach.
· Learning is not a straight line up...let the teacher
set the standards of performance.
· Much of learning to fly is to unlearn preconceptions
and habits.
· Unlearning is a very necessary and difficult part
of learning to fly.
· The way you are first taught and learn a procedure
is the way you will react in an emergency. It's important
to learn right the first time.
· You learn according to what you bring into the situation.
· Being prepared for a flight saves you money by saving
time.
· Given the choice, make the safe decision.
· If you must make a mistake, make it a new one.
· One problem is a problem, two problems are a hazard;
three problems create accidents.
· It's great to be good; even better to be lucky.
· Trusting to luck alone is not conducive to an extended
flying career.
· We progress through repeated success; we learn through
our mistakes.
· An instructors knowledge is proportional to the mistakes
he's made
· My writings use the editorial "he" for
convenience not because of any sexism.
· However, left handers have an advantage.
· Good habits deteriorate over time and bad habits
take root.
· Accidents happen when you run out of experience.
· Self instruction is the garden that raises bad habits.
· Our failures teach us. If you want to increase your
chances of success, double your efforts.
· ... almost always. Nothing is always.
· Luck will do for skill, but not consistently.
· One should never underestimate the stimulation of
eccentricity in a teacher. It challenges the teacher, too,
when occurring in a student.
· The nice thing about a mistake is the pleasure it
gives others.
· If you fly long enough the 'answer' is going to be
"Carburetor Heat".
· Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.
· You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.
· Flying, like life, is full of precluded possibilities.
Can't do...won't do... shouldn't do...
· What you know is not as important as what you do
with it.
Written by Gene Whitt
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