General Chat

What would you be able to teach?

We have a fantastic centre fairly near to me, where they hold all sorts of classes, including jive, singing, textiles, writing, French for babies, sewing for children, all sorts.

They are looking for more people to hold classes.

What life skill could you teach?

Dressmaking, embroidery, knitting, crochet, lace making, patchwork, genealogy (done that), creative writing (done that as well).

But nothing kitchen related.

Possibly Adult Literacy.

I did that for a while when the boychild was a tiny person. You'd be really good at that, Julie.

Music....
Used to teach children after school to play piano
Played for ballet classes.
Now teachings guitarist a lot of chords and arrangements as getting back into some jazz and bought an electric keyboard to practise...still love my piano best though .
Have been asked to play at a retirement home. Will go and see about that.

I once taught young adults on probation how to iron, they were riveted :-D

I'd like to have go at taking a class in......

Renovating furniture

A class for people who sit indoors, who think they have nothing to do, but have, to help them see there potential

How to have a day out in London for practically free

How to have a laugh

Good manners

That'll be enough to get going, I might apply to see if my courses would be welcomed by the masses :-D

Calligraphy writing

Can't think of anything.

ears ago I ran a programme aimed at helping women to return to work. It lasted for eight weeks, and is probably the job I enjoyed best. It was so rewarding helping women who had not been in paid employment and did not recognise they had so many transferable skills, become more confident and assured. Over the period of the eight weeks I saw a significant change in attitude and their development . One of the underlying topics throughout the course was Assertiveness and I built this into every session. At the end of the programme I would see a totally different group of women go out into the working world. I met some fantastic women, all with a story to tell. I would love to go back and do it all again.

Am sitting here trying to think of a reply and just realised I have no talents! :-(

There's posh Mersey :-D

Brenda you really must do something about that :-D

Mersey, I once went to sign for night school for calligraphy, but it was full, perhaps you can teach me on here :-D

Sharron you have ooodles to offer :-)

Paula I think the best jobs are those that you see someone getting benefit from, so rewarding :-D

Ann there is probably something you do, that you take for granted, that others would benefit from being taught by you, keep thinking :-D

101 things to do with a mango... :-D

Still thinking Linda! ;-)

Come on then Sheila, teach us, we are all ears :-D

i would teach PD and Enterprise ( done that before)

or first aid as i think first aid should be taught in every school :-D

Cake Decorating, from buns to Gateaus including fresh cream .did that when i worked loved it ,but have arthritus now still do some for a treat Barbra x

Basic skills in cooking on a limited budget

I am a retired Naval Architect and mathematics was essential in my occupation. Therefore I would like to teach maths if I was given the opportunity.

GP

Well funny you should put this up.

Some years ago our local methodist man started to encourage the hang about street youths into the church,,,,,,,it went well,then he put a call out for weekly helpers....absolutly no religion involved,!

Some of us did volunteer skills in all manner of things from sewing,baking,motorbike repairs, mending cars the vicar did his bit there.

the teens loved it,,,,,,till a move got a new man who eat and breathed the bible and the teens all left,

on the whole a good thing was spoilt but some took steps into college......

Its great when you can make a difference and even greater when you can learn new stuff.

common sense would be a good thing to teach
even some of the brightest pupils dont seem to have much of this

ie putting a plug or changing a fuse

one of my foster kids at 15 thought you washed lettuce with fairy liquid
and that you put chips in the chip pan
compleat with the water they were soaking in :-(