Explain Now

“I know the steps,” she said, slamming her pencil down. “But I don’t get it. It’s like you’re teaching me to dance by telling me where to put my feet, but I can’t hear the music.”

He drew an equal sign and a blank square on the other side of the paper. explain

Marco leaned back and smiled. “That’s the secret, Lena. Explaining isn’t just describing. Explaining is rebuilding the thing in someone else’s mind—or your own—until the shape of it becomes as obvious as dirt and sunlight.” “I know the steps,” she said, slamming her pencil down

He divided the rectangle into a square and two smaller rectangles. He labeled the side of the square ‘x’. Then he labeled the other dimensions with numbers. 2 and 3. “I know the steps