Student Question | What Skill Could You Teach in Two Minutes?

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How To | Fake Being a Drummer With Fred Armisen

The co-creator of “Portlandia,” whose season finale airs Thursday night, shares tips for how to look good while “playing” percussion.

By PATRICK STANTON and MARISSA KAISER on Publish Date March 23, 2016.
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In this series of videos, experts share with T Magazine tricks of the trade: how to cook, create, eat, shop, drum and wrap presents like the pros.

If you were invited to make a how-to video less than two minutes long, what would you teach? Why?

Usually in this feature we link to an article, but because this question is inspired by a series of videos, instead we embed a few here for inspiration:


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How To | Prep Vegetables

The chef and cookbook author April Bloomfield invites T into her kitchen.

By Jacob Krupnick/Wild Combination on Publish Date May 21, 2015.

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How To | Throw a Punch With Michele Lamy

The gold-toothed fashion muse, Rick Owens collaborator and longtime boxer invites T into the ring.

By KATYA BANKOWSKY on Publish Date February 10, 2016.

Students: Watch more of the videos, here, then tell us:

— Did you learn anything from these? Which is your favorite?

— What could you teach in less than two minutes? What do you know how to do well, no matter how seemingly insignificant or offbeat? Is there something you could teach others not to do? What, among your many skills, would be most fun to make a video about? How would you film it?


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