Haichuan Thanksgiving – The master is at a loss【Production Area 004】

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This post was last edited by Wang Tianze on 2016-1-27 at 16:04. The master was very helpless; when he was a disciple, he used to complain that the master wouldn’t teach him. When I was a master, my apprentices complained that I didn’t teach them. It was not until the disciple’s disciple came to complain that the master wouldn’t teach that he realized one thing – the master was helpless. 　　When a primary school student takes an Olympiad math problem to consult an older master’s, PhD, or postdoctoral researcher, they often do not receive a satisfactory solution. In this case, the instructor doesn’t lack understanding; it’s just that they don’t know how to explain things in a way that’s suitable for elementary school students. At this point, some craftsmen will claim that they can’t do it, some will talk around the issue, while others will shout, “It’s such a simple question – think for yourself!” ”……　Actually, the master is quite helpless. 　　There’s a senior engineer who is quite old. When I come across German documents that I can’t understand, I scan them and use Kingsoft Dictionary to translate them (you can imagine just how incomprehensible such documents are). When someone asks for help, I hide aside to take a peek, then try to explain things by guessing. Called conservative and secretive by a lot of people. They even tried to persuade some leaders to have a talk with him, which ended up in a very unpleasant situation. ……To be honest, such materials can’t be shown to anyone; one can only give them the original text. But I guess I’ll still get scolded, because no one believes you know German; you must have hidden the Chinese text. ……　Actually, the master is quite helpless. 　　My mentor only trained me for half a year; other mentors taught me how to do the work step by step, while my mentor took me to bookstores, helped me get a borrowing card from the factory’s documentation room, and took me to the technical department’s archives to talk to people there. At first, I also secretly complained that my master wouldn’t teach me, but after he went to college, I became like a lone wolf; I would look for people to \"take advantage of my master\" for help, only to realize suddenly that I knew much more than my colleagues who started working there together with me. Many years later, as I grew older and gained more experience, I finally realized that other teachers gave me the \"fish\", while my teacher taught me how to fish. Often, what the master wants to teach may not be expressible, and what the apprentice wants to learn may not be something the master deems necessary to teach. Complaining that the instructor doesn’t teach is actually a very old topic, and it will continue to exist. ……　The master is really helpless. 　　There was a disciple I once trained; it seemed like I put a lot of effort into teaching them, yet they would always complain behind my back that I hadn’t taught them properly. In the end, the instrument technician was unable to continue in that role and switched to being an operator; it is said that he memorized the operation manuals thoroughly and even achieved good results in the workshop tests. Many years later, I took on a disciple as well; once that disciple found out that I was the master of his master, he immediately started complaining that his master wouldn’t teach him anything. Upon asking, it turned out that the questions that weren’t covered were things like “why is the operation manual written this way.” ……It turns out that the master is very helpless, and the apprentice remains helpless even after becoming a master. 　　With very few exceptions, masters always wish the best for their apprentices. The problem is that answering questions is always more difficult than asking them. You can take a look at the questions on the forum; to explain an issue thoroughly, the answer usually requires much more text than the question itself. Even when copying and pasting, one has to go through the trouble of finding the information and making a judgment first. Besides, masters can’t be copied and pasted at will. In this era of information overload, it really doesn’t matter much if a master doesn’t teach. Unless one is engaged in research and pursuing paths that no one has taken before. Otherwise, the amount of knowledge one can acquire is directly proportional to the ability to collect information. As for the issues related to confidentiality agreements and workplace competition. This is no longer just a matter of master-apprentice relationship. Everyone understands it; it’s pointless to say anything. One thing though: if you’re aware of this problem yet still complain about the master’s disciple, then it’s better not to teach at all.