Three of us from different backgrounds started learning traditional woodworking together under this master craftsman, but there's this weird tension where our teacher seems to favor the guy who comes from a family of carpenters while dismissing techniques I learned in my engineering background and what Sarah picked up from her grandfather's furniture making. We're all struggling with feeling like outsiders even though we're supposedly in this together.
More people experience this than they realize.
A learning cohort is fragmenting under the weight of their teacher's unconscious preferences and their own unexamined assumptions about legitimate knowledge.
“Where Are You with Apprenticeship across traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.