Okay. Actually, I am really naturally good at explaining others, to how things actually work. So here, I would like to share a story about how I taught my little browser to play chess. Uh, it’s been quite long since then because at the times I was 10 and he was 5. And we were both um, young and passionate budgets, but only difference was he wasn’t aware of the game rules. So I decided teaching myself At first, it will be a piece of cake, and, um, it wouldn’t take a lot of time since it seems kinda easy game to me. But, um, after, um, explaining 1 or 2, um, pieces and each function and other, saying, um, it came out that my brother didn’t understand anything that I explained. I was really frustrated And my mom said that it would take, um, a weeks of weeks and months of consistency from both teacher and a child since my brother was really young at that time. So I I decided to teach him again, but at this time, I would, uh, I would teach him, um, the only basics of the game day by day step by step on a easy ways. So, in 1st day, I only exploit him the function and moments of pound, and poem, and next day at the shop, night, and others, everything I’ve been being went to help step by step. Um, finally, he memorized everything that I plaint, and I was really satisfied and relieved that, um, I managed it to teach him something So, uh, after he finally succeeded, um, in memorizing, we moved on more complicated tasks. Playing together. So, in the first game, I decided to went, uh, I went on went or easy on him since, um, he was really kid, and I want him to win so that he could be proud of himself. And, um, he’s
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Okay. Actually, I'm really naturally good at explaining things to others, how things actually work. So here, I would like to share a story about how I taught my little brother to play chess. Uh, it's been quite a while since then because at the time I was 10 and he was 5. And we were both, um, young and passionate about chess, but the only difference was he wasn't aware of the game rules. So I decided to teach him. At first, I thought it would be a piece of cake, and, um, it wouldn't take a lot of time since it seemed like a pretty easy game to me. But, um, after explaining the functions of 1 or 2 pieces, it came out that my brother didn't understand anything that I explained. I was really frustrated. And my mom said that it would take weeks, even months, of consistency from both the teacher and the child, since my brother was really young at that time. So I decided to teach him again, but this time, I would, uh, I would teach him, um, the basics of the game day by day, step by step, in an easy way. So, on the first day, I only explained the function and movements of the pawn, and the next day, the rook, the knight, and others, everything I went over, I tried to explain step by step. Um, finally, he memorized everything that I explained, and I was really satisfied and relieved that, um, I managed to teach him something. So, uh, after he finally succeeded in memorizing the rules, we moved on to more complicated tasks, like playing together. So, in the first game, I decided to go easy on him since, um, he was still a kid, and I wanted him to win so that he could be proud of himself. And, um, he's
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