The one about teaching

To be a teacher means sharing the knowledge you have while sharing the knowledge you gain because I'm still an active learner myself. It's my five-years full-time teaching experience that tells me that if I expect my students to learn I am reminded to do the same. Teachers aren't born, we're made - often the good ones succeed by being perpetual students. And students who succeed seem to be those who don't just do what they're told to do.

So there are two rules if I follow my teaching:
1. Don't tell students what to think or do
2. Ask the questions* that you want students to have the answers to
* : know the questions to ask.

When learning occurs (which could be argued is always) it's important to lead students to find the answers for themselves (see Rule 1) but it's equally important to ask the questions directly and in the right way. For instance, when it's been observed how progress is made on an idea or during a project by following steps that include preparation (of sketches, of materials, etc.), exploration (of materials, or limits, of goals, etc.), and execution (of ideas from sketches or materials toward goals within limits) it's important to use the prior success or area to improve as an example. I don't see telling he or she what one did right or wrong as helpful; instead, ask about their experience and how it worked out, allow each student to identify successful processes or things that could be improved, and let it be told to me so their voice is heard and their effort is empowered moving forward.
This leads to a corollary of Rule 2.

Rule 2A. Expect the answers to be different from yours
Rule 2B. The students can teach you something so keep your ears open