A good teacher knows when to shut up

Last night I had my family pretend to be investigators as I taught the first missionary lesson. I learned a few things:

• Young children aren't good at pretending not to know about the church


• The first missionary lesson is really not a good place to start teaching someone


• A good teacher knows when to shut up

A good teacher knows when to shut up. He or she knows what material he needs to teach the class, and doesn't teach ANY MORE. No confusing tangents, no matter how interesting they might be to the instructor. They're not helpful, and they're not teaching.