Thursday

It has been a week since the last update, but yesterday I finally had my first lesson.

I taught my senior WISE class. It was a new experience and it taught me a couple of things. One must always be energetic when teaching a class. The your attitude reflects the topic you are teaching. It was a fun lesson. I went through an intro, briefing, and an exercise. I also put foward the idea that students do know more about the simpsons than environmental science.

It is quite difficult to control a class. I suppose I had to regain control of the class a couple of times but this was only because they were expressing their "wow"s about the topic. I'll post up my complete lesson another time.

I took some pictures- as proof- and overall it was a good experience. I don't believe I was that nervous- perhaps because it was my own classmates but I may be much more nervous about teaching the freshmen. My senior class knew a couple of facts but I believe i taught them enough.

I believe i accomplished something yesterday.
New realization: being loud and upbeat really helps the class to focus.