"Really! A post for teaching to ride a bicycle? Well, not really!" :-)
I know all parts of a bicycle, how all parts work, how all parts work together, and how a bicycle works overall. But I don't know how I am not falling down when I ride a bicycle. I don't know how the interaction between my body and bicycle is accomplishing the concept of "balance". I don't know how the parts of my body and the parts of my bicycle are interacting with each other and accomplishing the outcome of riding on a bicycle....
Thus, the more I think about it - The list of unknowns are growing than the list of knowns related to bicycle.
Thus, the more I think about it - The list of unknowns are growing than the list of knowns related to bicycle.
I needed to teach bicycling to my little ones. How do I teach all this knowledge and the so many unkowns?
Then, I referred back to my learning experience. I remember the very first time, I attempted to ride. It was on a rented bicycle, 50 paise for 1 hour, during a Saturday without knowledge of parents & after they left to Office, and under the guidance of a friend. He said, "Look Straight, Hold the handles softly, Pedal firmly, Be confident". It didn't work. Seemed impossible and fell down every time I got on it. The friend again assurred, "No worries. Practice".
Few more Saturdays passed. Got some bruises. The friend kept repeating "Keep Practicing. You'll get it". "Look Straight, Hold the handles softly, Pedal firmly, Be confident".
I kept believing to what he said & practiced the same. Then, it happened on a fine day - I was riding the bicycle with no assistance.
Unbelievable! Could not figure out how the seemingly impossible activity became possible gradually & became a reality.
Eureka! I figured out how to teach bicycling to the little ones: The first principle "Look Straight, Hold the handles softly, Pedal firmly, Be confident, Let us keep practicing".
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This post was 1st created 3 years back on 31 Jan 2016 inspired by the following extract from "The First Principles Series by Jeff Reed":
"....the concept of first principles is important in every area of life. It is central to all quality education. Almost 150 years ago, in the classic work "The Idea of the University", John Newman referred to a concept he called "pushing up the first principles". According to Newman, the purpose of a university is to teach the first principles of every discipline and then to explore the full limits of those first principles - pushing the principles up through all levels of research.
So it is with our faith in God. Once we have mastered the first principles, we are able to push them up through all areas of our lives. That is, we are ready to move on to maturity. The First Principles Series is carefully designed to help us lay the foundation of our faith. "
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Then, I referred back to my learning experience. I remember the very first time, I attempted to ride. It was on a rented bicycle, 50 paise for 1 hour, during a Saturday without knowledge of parents & after they left to Office, and under the guidance of a friend. He said, "Look Straight, Hold the handles softly, Pedal firmly, Be confident". It didn't work. Seemed impossible and fell down every time I got on it. The friend again assurred, "No worries. Practice".
Few more Saturdays passed. Got some bruises. The friend kept repeating "Keep Practicing. You'll get it". "Look Straight, Hold the handles softly, Pedal firmly, Be confident".
I kept believing to what he said & practiced the same. Then, it happened on a fine day - I was riding the bicycle with no assistance.
Unbelievable! Could not figure out how the seemingly impossible activity became possible gradually & became a reality.
Eureka! I figured out how to teach bicycling to the little ones: The first principle "Look Straight, Hold the handles softly, Pedal firmly, Be confident, Let us keep practicing".
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This post was 1st created 3 years back on 31 Jan 2016 inspired by the following extract from "The First Principles Series by Jeff Reed":
"....the concept of first principles is important in every area of life. It is central to all quality education. Almost 150 years ago, in the classic work "The Idea of the University", John Newman referred to a concept he called "pushing up the first principles". According to Newman, the purpose of a university is to teach the first principles of every discipline and then to explore the full limits of those first principles - pushing the principles up through all levels of research.
So it is with our faith in God. Once we have mastered the first principles, we are able to push them up through all areas of our lives. That is, we are ready to move on to maturity. The First Principles Series is carefully designed to help us lay the foundation of our faith. "
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