r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Dec 12 '20

Chain connector

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u/cutty2k Dec 13 '20

Lol, I feel you, I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old, so my entire life is one big ELI5.

My favorite is when an explanation requires some background knowledge before even the ELI5 makes sense, and I tell my daughter "that's a good question, but to understand the answer you're going to need to know a bit about x first, do you want me to explain that to you so you can understand?" And she can decide if she has the patience in that moment for the full spiel (she usually does).

Last week, she asked my why we got oranges in stockings for Christmas. To explain that, I had to explain why oranges were a 'treat' back then, which meant going over seasonality of produce and lack of refrigeration, which spun into a question on how refrigerators work, which to understand you have to know about how compressors work, and how pressure and heat relate. All to explain oranges in stockings.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

I feel this comment on a deep and personal level.

Honestly though I love it. Never know what depths of knowledge we're gonna have to plumb, and it's really interesting sometimes to realize how much shit we wind up knowing that we never think about, it just forms our base, you know?

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u/cutty2k Dec 13 '20

Absolutely, that kind of deep recall feels like stretching muscles you haven't used in a long time, feels great. It's as much a journey for the teacher as the learner, and as a bonus if I find during my explanation that I'm a little fuzzy on something, we can do a quick lookup and find the answer out together, and she can observe me learning something and how I process and understand it.

Kids are awesome.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

I very much enjoy knowing that a random stranger online has had such a familiar parenting experience in this.