Is there always an easy way to explain anything complicated?

Question

I think the most difficult subject can be cleared in simple words, don't you?

Answer 1

Even the most difficult concepts can be reduced to simple explanations if you state the problem clearly and make clear any assumptions you are making. Always start by explaining the problem in terms you are sure the student understands, then gradually relate the more difficult concepts to the simpler ones. For physics questions, an experiment or demonstration is a good way to illustrate difficult concepts, as well as how people figured them out in the first place,

Answer 2

Of course! You simply have to break the info down into bits so that at a slow pace each bit is absorbed by the brain. Also, it helps if the teacher tells a simple way they see the big complication. For example (from an almost Spanish teahcer), there is a certain verb type that students tend to have a hard time with because we really don't use it in English. Many teachers try and give rules out the wazhooo trying to get the message across when all they have to do is say "if you can say might or maybe this will happen use the subjunctive form of the verb". It is the way that helped me learn the verb and it sounds a easier than saying "use this verb when there is the conjunction "que", a change of subject, when there is doubt/uncertainty, blah blah blah"

Answer 3

I think there's always a complicated way to explain something simple, but I'm not sure the opposite is true. When you explain something in a simple way, you are almost always leaving out information, and therefore not explaining it completely.

Also, giving someone an explanation for something, even the best worded explanation, doesn't always result in that person understanding it. You could deliver the most eloquent lecture on the reason for the seasons, say, and I guarantee most of the listeners still won't understand it correctly. That's just the way people learn - we learn best by practicing, not by listening.

Answer 4

Once you know how to "see" everything, even complicated things, you will realize that everything can be broken down into simplicity. What you're asking is not only possible, but it's the best way to handle anything that life throws at you.

What I normally do instead of overacting, is to take a step back and a deep breath... and think. And most of the times, those complicated things don't need any words at all to clarify itself.

Answer 5

Yes. I believe there are easy ways to explain some complicated subjects, however; this would depends on the skills of the person who is explaining. Some times, complicated things are not explained just by simplifying, but by using a step by step process too. It all depends on what needs to be explained.

Answer 6

No. It is human nature to be curious. And I prefer to take the stage. But I believe even the most simple method is full of odds and sods. Either on a conscious level or unconscious level, the humanity is too complex for simple. And I am a simple person.

Answer 7

1. Yes, simple words can assist in comprehension.
2. Flow charts are very good as well.
3. My personal favorite is numbered points (aka itemizing).
4. This method helps people see things visually and precisely.

Answer 8

Of course. The only reason most things are so complicated is due to over-thinking the situation.

Answer 9

everybody understands things in a different way. the best way to make complex things simple is to explain it in a way that someone else will understand it. this is difficult when trying to explain things to a larger groupl of people especially if not everyone asks questions.

so yes i think there are easy ways to explain hard concepts.

Answer 10

Yes, as long as they know what they are talking about.
Unfortunately many teachers don't, and the pupils suffer shortcomings in those fields ever after and think it's their fault.
Had a lousy teacher in math and ended with a failing grade. Next year, new teacher, and I became the best in math in our class. Have loved math ever since.