Perhaps you will tell me I 'talk' too much as well.
I am confused with this as you didn't talk at all. 🤷♀️ You wrote a post, of course 😁
Our works are quite different and you know my way of expression is through the sound that the piano makes. But there is a saying that a piano teacher talks a lot during the very first piano lesson... and it could be true 😂
I also warned my new students, but they loved it and although it is indeed the case (so many things to explain at the very beginning) we also start to play already on the first lesson. And I also have my quite moments, sometimes haha, while they play - until I maybe interrupt with a correction or similar.
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Never stop talking (and writing) when making funny jokes!
I fully understand the dilemma you have when teaching piano. When talking too much, people may get uninterested. Asking feedback is the best one can do indeed.
Whenever I hand over a task to somebody else for them to take over, or do something with the information/task on their levels (managers for instance), I have the urge to give more information so they can properly handle it without falling into the trap of not able to manage well and/or spending too much time trying to understand whatever I handed over. I start the learn to ask first what they want, ie me giving more information right now, or they first read the documents I give them and schedule a meeting for them to ask me questions. The latter I started to do, ie ask for the meeting (and subsequently plan it) because not many people come back and ask questions, they simple assume, sometimes (perhaps less than sometimes, ie more often than not) causing headaches down the line.
Arranging a meeting (could be mandatory actually haha) for the questions and more explanation after they first read the documents is probably the best way. You can actually do it as an "exam", like a test - let's see dear managers/colleagues how much did you understand from the subject! 🧐
Oh, wait! Sorry, it's the teacher speaking from me 🤣
Don't worry too much about your teachers side of things. It isn't a bad idea. Perhaps even a good idea! We shall add to this: People are allowed to flunk such tests up to 2 times. When the fail a 3rd time, they are fired. This is irrespective to the amount of topics I hand over, I mean, it is not 3 times a test for the same task/information handed over. Such setup will cause much commotion, but probably all for the better. We are going to downsize a lot, I am sure. But perhaps we are left with the good people so we can produce more with a much higher quality and effectiveness with mucho less people 🥳
Cool development of the idea. So, around one year later we will read a headline:
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hear hear 😆