Thanks for the feedback. We actually don't do a great deal of pair-programming, but it made for a short title that got the point across. I agree that positioning it as the problem was a poor choice of words on my part.

I do disagree about the framing of my colleague, however. If I were to say that I have a friend that knows a lot about geography, I don't think that it would be implied that I see myself as the more powerful individual. My entire reason for posting was to better understand how I can take my own time and apply it to helping someone else grow. Without much more context, though, I can understand how it may have come off differently.