Teaching may not be my best feature after all…
7-18-10 2:36pm
After my first week of teaching the basics of Windows, I have to say that I am not impressed nor am I happy. First off, I made the mistake of agreeing to teach 7 classes because the laboratory is so small (5 computers) and for every class there is at least 1 new person that tries to either sign up or take someone else's spot. I am really bad at being strict.
Secondly, I don't have any patience. The classes have 3 types of people with no in-between: First theres the old folks who have never used a computer in their lives, okay I expected that and I feel like I work better with them because they have patience with me to learn and I can actually see them learning. They have a desire and listen to my instructions, even if they don't understand them entirely. Secondly, there are children. Really annoying, inpatient children who kind of know how to use a computer so they think they know everything and they just do what they want without listening to me kind of folks. These are really the source of my frustration. I am really bad about repeating myself and for some reason I find myself having to repeat myself in these classes more than needed. The young kids are just too wild, clicking everywhere, yelling my name for help and always having to show me when they have completed a task (YOU DONT HAVE TO KEEP YELLING MY NAME TO SHOW ME YOU TURNED ON THE COMPUTER!!!) Ay ay yay. The third group of students already know how to use a computer so they're as annoying as the kids just doing their own thing not listening to me either.
I just feel frustrated because I don't think I am really getting to them and I feel like I am working so hard. Plus it gets really old when you teach the same lesson 7 times. You would think I would get good at it by the 6th but I still feel like I am struggling. I think it is just hard because I took too much on at one time. Plus there are electricity problems and that always doesn't help the situation.
I think I just need to slow down a bit. After these classes, I am going to focus on 1 project and have at most 3 classes on the side. September can't come quick enough. Thats when its all supposed to end.
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