Remember the teacher in Peanuts cartoons? She of the trombone voice? Wahwahwahwah. Her lectures left some 
sleepy and others bewildered.
Consider the complexity of the teacher-student connection: the thought in the teacher’s brain, turned into words, then heard and interpreted by students. Is it any wonder Peppermint Patty was snoozing and Charlie Brown was bamboozled?
Add a horse to this equation. The horse receives cues from the rider (and sometimes the instructor) and may or may not understand the rider’s intentions. It’s a massive spaghetti plate of interpretation, full of possibilities and pitfalls. No wonder we struggle to improve and connect as a horse-rider pair!
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At BestHorsePractices and NickerNews, we’re assembling a group of articles and features dedicated to sorting through 
the missed and made connections. Our Learning to Connect features will help you with features from guest columnists from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.
Check out:
Amy Skinner on education getting in the way
Shelley Appleton on Emotion and Intellect
Shelley Appleton on Successful Learners’ Traits