I was paying attention… then I zoned out. ⁣

And then he finished the training. ⁣

“Any questions?” ⁣

Purely to protect my pride, I said “Nope, that all sounds great!”⁣

But I had no clue what to do for most of the tasks. ⁣

I’ve found this dichotomy interesting to reflect on:⁣

My supervisor did exactly what he was supposed to do. ⁣

He taught me everything. He was very kind. ⁣

But I had completely disengaged as a learner, and it was reflected in how much help I needed the first few days of the job. ⁣

Had he failed his training because I struggled? ⁣

I don’t think so. ⁣

A lot of emotions run through my mind when I read this statement in the Family: A Proclamation to the World:⁣

“Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.”⁣

But one thing I’ve been focused on is: ⁣

The effectiveness of my teaching is not always reflected in how well the students learn. ⁣

Both the teacher and the learner need to be willing in order for true understanding to occur. ⁣

This doesn’t excuse poor or half-hearted teaching, but it takes away our complete dependence on results in order to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching. ⁣

We, as parents, are asked to teach our children how to love, to serve, to work hard, and to keep the commandments. ⁣

Not to make them be loving, service-filled, hard-working, commandment-keepers. ⁣

We have a solemn responsibility to teach as well as we possibly can, pleading with the Lord to know exactly what our children might need from us. ⁣

Nothing more and nothing less.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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