Teaching can be hard to do

Socrates was a man of great intelligence, anyone could tell you that. However what made Socrates a great man was his willingness to teach others and expand his knowledge. His way of teaching is often ridiculed, and it does have it downfalls, however it also has its strengths.
Throughout my education I have heard that repetition is the best way to engrave something in your mind, and Socrates almost always repeats himself if he feels there is any confusion. Another thing I have heard for many years is that you need to think deeper than what is obvious to have a thorough understanding of the material. Socrates lives to make people think not only twice but at least three times about their opinions and the knowledge that they have to make sure they have a complete understanding of it. Lastly, Socrates’ method forces you to work hard, and while it may not sound appealing or fun, hard work is the only way to truly gain and keep knowledge.
However, Socrates does have downfalls in his teaching method. As said before, he was a very intelligent man and being so intelligent he would use many words that would confuse his students. Also while explaining things he would commonly talk for a very long time and by the end his students would sometimes forget the beginning. Lastly, not many people wanted to do the hard work that the Socrates model of teaching took, and this greatly deteriorated his spreading of the great knowledge that he had.