The specific situation was an initial lathe throwing course. I was disappointed because the teacher has a good reputation and my other teacher friends said they really enjoyed taking his previous classes. I was looking for instructions broken into smaller segments. I also expected a handout with written instructions on techniques on the different stages of throwing a pot on the wheel. I had heard that one of his strongest teaching techniques was to demonstrate and then talk a student through the particular technique. I have found the opposite in all the above areas. The instructions were not broken down, it did not even give the sequential order of creating a vase and there are very distinct phases. There were no handouts and I found him taking over and finishing students' projects without clearly describing what he was doing. I asked him where he learned to teach and he said he learned from another potter friend or to reiterate “I teach the way I was taught.” It was an enlightening experience to compare his teaching style with differentiated teaching techniques. This experience reaffirms that differentiated instruction is an effective teaching process. Some of the things I will focus on to improve my teaching are breaking up instruction and minimizing my tendency to do so.