Is it normal that i always want to explain things, almost to seem like a hero?

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My ears perk up at "I just don't get this!" at school. I'm usually going to drop what I'm doing and ask what's wrong and explain. When there's a math test coming up, I'm always busy explaining something to someone, because everyone always asks me. I almost never turn people down when they want me to explain something, sometimes to my own detriment. I really enjoy it, conveying something so clearly that the most difficult thing makes sense.

I don't offer help by myself. Only if they ask for it, or they make a remark that is supposed to get my attention, like "This is so hard."

I feel like I'm doing this to be a hero, but that's just a feeling. Also, I feel pretty uncomfortable with just turning someone down and leaving it to them to figure out, although sometimes explaining takes resources I don't have. That creates resentment.

Is this normal?

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    i don't see anything wrong with it. You'd be a good teacher.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    "If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
    --Albert Einstein

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    • heckleBucker
      8 years ago

      Nice quote.

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  • Dr_Remulak
    8 years ago

    I think it shows your a compassionate person and helping others can be rewarding to you it may even induce endorphins in you. Just don't become cocky and forcing your opinions on people and only give advice when someone asks so you don't look like a tool

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  • Tgs_I'm_a_big_douchebag
    8 years ago

    Could you explain to me what's the rationale behind this site, IIN, the way it is now? IOW, how can supposedly sane, run of the mill people, self-professed normal people, write such juvenile, irrational drivel that would Instantly get someone forcibly commited to an insane asylum just a few years in the past, if a shrink was reading this.

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  • weirdaf
    7 years ago

    Everything normal here. I just didn't get the hero thing.

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