_posts/2017-01-09-tim-teaching-he-likes.md
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title: I Like to Teach
date: 2017-01-09 22:47:00 -06:00
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- jobs
- personal
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subtitle: "…and I cannot lie"
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For years, I've loved teaching what I learn. I believe it to be my duty to help others, as I've been helped. It's one of the main reasons I started *The Bold Report*, it's the reason I created [Tim Likes to Teach](http://web.archive.org/web/20141008052815/http://timlikestoteach.com/),[^timlikestoteach] and why I've told people for years that [my calendar is available to them](http://calendly.com/smithtimmytim).
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<img src="{{ site.url }}/uploads/2017/01/YodaSmith.png" alt="Chris Courtney made this for me, and it is now one of my prized possessions">
<figcaption>Chris Courtney made this for me, and it is now one of my prized possessions</figcaption>
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Back in November, [Jim Cummins][1872-0001] invited me to give a flexbox workshop for his class at The Iron Yard. *I was hooked*. I knew I loved helping others learn how to build the web, but I wasn't sure how to keep doing it.
Enter [Bloc][1872-0002]. I first saw them because my friend [Niki Brown][1872-0003] was a mentor there. Bloc is an awesome group of people teaching web design and development. They have an excellent curriculum there, and assign a personal mentor to each student.
I'm excited to say that I joined them as a part-time mentor this week. I'll have a few students that I'll meet with, review assignments for, and mentor into becoming excellent contributors to our industry.
I want to give a huge thank you to [Chris Courtney][1872-0004], and the rest of the Bloc team for making me feel so welcome and valued. I have my first student appointments starting next week. I'm nervous interestingly, but looking forward to it!
[^timlikestoteach]: Unfortunately, this site only exists in the web archive.
[1872-0001]: https://twitter.com/JimTheDev
[1872-0002]: https://www.bloc.io/
[1872-0003]: https://twitter.com/nikibrown
[1872-0004]: https://twitter.com/designhawg