How To Tell If You Really Understand Something

In a world full of experts, how can you quickly find out who the real experts are and who is just pretending? Here’s a clue. Mediocre teachers are never complimented on making the subject clear. If anything, the more mediocre the teacher, the more they muddy the water where it’s hard to understand anything they’re saying. But the great teachers are different. Here’s a test you can use with them and with yourself.