Explaining things is all about abstraction, and so is programming. So, why do so many developers (myself included) struggle to communicate with non-tech people? I tried to answer this question by walking in a teacher’s shoes for a day.

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.