I am borrowing this bit from Tamiel. A member who is a grand friend of mine. Here's what he defined fluff as:
"A definition of a fluff is one who claims the impossible, who is ignorant by choice, who is Choosing to live in a fantasy.
Examples of Fluff is:
Claiming to physically be something other than a human. Like a werewolf, vampire, mermaid, fairy, demon, angel, or anything other than human.
Trolling. This is when you cause drama, and are annoying to everyone else. One who is causing havoc, again we do not tolerate drama.
Claiming to fly, levitate, control water, wind, the earth, and fire, or any other element.
Something's are not a matter of belief. There are limitations in this physical plane rather you like it or not. Not everything is possible on the Physical Plane or in other words the world we Humans live in.
I personally am sick of the ones who Choose to remain ignorant. It is an insult to serious practitioners who actually are sincerely trying to learn, and not deal with the nonsense." - Tamiel
That is excellent advice, but I wanted to break away from the fluff teachers and ways to prevent them from spreading false information. I wanted to talk about people who study more, unusual subjects. For example, I study all things Draconic; from history, language, to code and principle. Its all captivating to me. I'll admit that I am young, and when I first came on to the site, even though I have studied for years before hand, I was ready to believe anything. As a result I was berrated and frowned upon so I gave up the silly thought of go in thinking everything is truth.
Since the study of what I call Draconics is extremely fragile, and one small bit of false information can cause a shroud of mishap, you do have to be extremely careful in what source you use for study. So these unusual studies of stuff like Draconics, or myth can be easily turned into false truth. With that being said, what would be your opinion of teachers of odd subjects? Could everyone of them be false? Or are there some who you believe are honest to a fault?
There will always be those who think they know it all, and they mislead people. Fluffs, sadly will not disappear, you can try to educate, but it's like this, you can lead a horse to water to drink, however you cannot make a horse drink.
Just advise people to try to use common sense, intelligence and maturity. We all have common sense, however it is our choice to use it or not.
I only "teach"(maybe too much said), well, I give them information about what I know, and also I am a teen, 17 years old:) Everybody says that young teachers are bad, that they claim they no everything but actually they do not know anything! I feel a little offenced! Maybe there really are this kind of teens that do this stuff, but not all of them! Some of us do not "claim to know everything", but what we know we give forward to other people who are intertested in what we know! I do not think is bad to help someone find their way or path in life, and maybe you do not agree with some of the practices, but that doesn't mean they are not true! I learned healing for example, by a person who was 18 years old, and he thought me well! I do not claim to know everything but what I know, I pay forward! So you should stop judging people by their age, it is very unfair!
That is a very good point Blue. I have no reason to not like young teachers. There are many knowledgable people who are younger. The problem I have is that people read something and think they know it, understand it and can teach it to others. Just because something is printed or on the internet does not make it applicable to magical works and reading it does not make someone capable of teaching others. That being said, those that have good knowledge should teach it.
The key words there are good knowledge. Not everything that you see, every idea or concept, is good. I do have a problem with people teaching fantasy garbage and trying to pass it off as reality.
But, knowledge can only take you so far. You also have to have experience. There are people here who have years of experience. Some have more years experience in magical arts than other members have years of life. And these youngsters think they know everything and contradict the exeperienced persons on a regular basis.
So, in a nutshell. Just because you are young doesn't mean you are a bad teacher. If you are teaching fiction, you are fluff. Don't blow off experienced people just because they say something you don't like. And don't teach fluff.
Blue I meant no harm. However, it is not better to seek someone with More experience? True, a "teen teacher" can be. I do not teach, and I am eighteen. I do not know enough or have enough experience to be a teacher.
I would assume this is typically the case for "teen teachers".
I don't believe I'm thinking incorrectly. Again I did not mean to offend anyone. It's just an observation that I have made.
Yes there are few who may be an exception, however keyword is few.
