{"id":5730,"date":"2013-02-28T06:39:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.mechadigital.net\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:37:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T20:37:58","slug":"goofy-cfi-or-some-teaching-techniques-work-some-dont-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/goofy-cfi-or-some-teaching-techniques-work-some-dont-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#55 \u201cGoofy, CFI\u201d (or \u201cSome teaching techniques work\u2026 some don\u2019t\u201d)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Decision making.\u00a0 It\u2019s what we all have to do on a regular basis.\u00a0 Some are better at it than others.\u00a0 I\u2019m not very good.\u00a0 But I know that. \u00a0So I have a little crutch that helps me out.<\/p>\n

\"Bad<\/a>
Bad Goofy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Everyone who is familiar with Basic Cartoon Devices knows about the \u201cConscience on the Shoulder\u201d device.\u00a0 A nod to the common Christian commonality of our culture is in the usual characterization of two extreme voices of our conscience as an Angel and a Devil.\u00a0 As an Animist, I don\u2019t observe Christian traditions.\u00a0 However, I love Christmas, most of the best curses have Christian roots and I\u2019ve got to admit that I\u2019m rather hooked on the Cartoon Concept of the Angel and Devil consciences.<\/p>\n

\"Good<\/a>
Good Goofy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s why I continue to have these dialogues with those two characters on MY shoulders.\u00a0 Since I\u2019ve always admired Goofy, my conscience characters are in the likeness of Goofy.\u00a0 The one on the left is a hard-bitten character with a three-day beard stubble and a really hardnosed attitude.\u00a0 He can be counted on to counsel me to think of myself first and to give no one a break.\u00a0 The Goofy on my right shoulder is considerably more angelic.\u00a0 He\u2019s a genuinely nice guy who always puts the other person first and is kind and understanding.\u00a0 When I have a knotty decision to make, I often consult with the two of them.\u00a0 They never agree, but after a debate that bounces around the three of us, I usually come up with a decision or a course of action.\u00a0 It\u2019s usually wrong.\u00a0 But, as they say, that\u2019s all I got!<\/p>\n

From my very first day as a flight instructor, I have been consumed with inventing and trying out new teaching techniques.\u00a0 These big ideas don\u2019t always work.\u00a0 Sometimes they snap back in my face.\u00a0 One day I decided to try something new.\u00a0 I was working with one of my favorite primary students and he was trying to perfect one of his favorite maneuvers:\u00a0 The Landing in a Turn.\u00a0 It\u2019s a complicated maneuver.\u00a0 You\u2019re combining the wheel landing with a one wheeled, angled final and most people have a lot of difficulty learning how to combine the descent, the turn and the touchdown.\u00a0 Jeff wasn\u2019t listening to me when I said, \u201cget the nose down\u201d.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t listening to me when I warned, \u201cbetter get down\u2026 your turn\u2019s going to be done and you won\u2019t be ready for a touch down\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d I figured, \u201cif listening to the Goofys works for me, it\u2019ll probably work for him.\u00a0 I told Jeff that I was going to turn his training over to the Goofys.<\/p>\n

Jeff did a good job of arriving at his Initial point.\u00a0 Then he turned in on his 45-degree final approach.\u00a0 Bad Goofy started in on him:\u00a0 \u201cYer too damned high!\u00a0 Whatsamatta witchoo\u2026\u201d.\u00a0 Then Good Goofy jumped in to smooth things over:\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s okay.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just lose some altitude here as we clear the airport fence.\u00a0 Put yer nose down! Gawrsh, that\u2019s much better\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff crossed the airport fence and got his turn done with a pretty good landing in a turn.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the Goofy\u2019s were talking him through the operation in the unmistakable \u201cGoofy style\u201d .\u00a0 As he straightened out and put the power to it, climbing out to re-enter the pattern, I asked him how he liked the instruction from the Goofy\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot bad,\u201d he answered, \u201cI could probably put up with them for another couple of tries before I go nuts and smack \u2018em\u201d.<\/p>\n

So, like I said, some ideas work and some don\u2019t.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to unleash the Goofy\u2019s on Jeff\u2026 or anyone else\u2026 anytime soon.\u00a0 I\u2019ll just keep them to myself.<\/p>\n

Happy Swooping,<\/p>\n

Brian<\/p>\n

I think we\u2019re supposed to tell you that \u201cGoofy\u201d is trademarked by the Walt Disney Company (like you didn\u2019t know that!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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