Anyone ever teached a class before?

Yeah, I'm nervous!

Just do it. Nerves wear off after a lil while of talking, hardest part is starting.

I taught a class in how to use excel for financial statistics back when I went to uni. I'm pretty anxious and insecure in social situations but stuff like this doesn't affect me at all. I guess it's the implicit realisation that you are there to teach, not to make friends or impress anyone. If the people listening to you have understood what you've tried to explain you've pretty much done your job.

Thanks for the reply guys, I'll be fine I think. Just gotta do it like you said!

If somebody asks a question and you don't know the answer just tell them that that kind of thing is not something you're interested in.

*taught

How old are they? (the students)

  On 2/7/2013 at 8:13 PM, Franklin said:

If somebody asks a question and you don't know the answer just tell them that that kind of thing is not something you're interested in.

lol

seriously. "that's not really my specialty, but ..." and then an educated guess.

do the whole class in a thick glaswegian accent

some advice:

-You can botch some important facts, it happens. Don't beat yourself up over it and be quick and honest in admitting you were incorrect.

-The class will go much faster than you might think. Prepare adequately.

Prepare a shit load to cover. Probably wont cover that much but running out of time is better than silence.

  On 2/7/2013 at 8:17 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

*taught

Yeah that would be a good start! :)

"taught" Wow yeah sorry about that hate how it's in the topic title now

Thanks for the advice people. Ages probably range from 19-21 and maybe some older and younger people that are 18 or 22/23 etc.

I just need to stop worrying about it too much beforehand. Already did some exercise, I'll do some meditation tonight, it helps a lot too!

Gonna try to stay away from the beer hehehe

You'll get over the stage fright part. I taught audio for a few years, and it was arduous at first, but after a while I didn't feel uncomfortable talking in front of people. I actually kind of like the attention now.

Oh yeah, and don't teach hung over. It fucking sucks.

do a rap

BCM, I'm gonna try all that and report back, the first lesson is introductory anyway

  On 2/7/2013 at 8:36 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

-The class will go much faster than you might think. Prepare adequately.

Bane of my teaching experience. It's so hard to cram everything in that you think they ought to know!

  On 2/7/2013 at 8:50 PM, chassis said:

Prepare a shit load to cover. Probably wont cover that much but running out of time is better than silence.

prepare adequately, as SR4 says, but don't just prepare oodles for fear of running out of things to say. It won't happen, and you won't get to some of the critical stuff.

Yeah +1 on preparing. Sometimes you might be tempted to think "oh I already know all about this I don't need to review" but when you're up there it's easy to forget things.

picture them in their underwear.

do some huge lines of blow 5 minutes before.

good to go.

yeah I find it incredibly hard to strike a balance between having easily accessible notes/outlines, and being able to fit all the relevant information in. what makes it worse is that I almost never look at notes during my lectures....it just disrupts the flow i guess....though in my student evals they actually consider that a positive.

  On 2/7/2013 at 10:18 PM, Berk said:

BCM, I'm gonna try all that and report back, the first lesson is introductory anyway

excellent, you're sure to make the right impression

done it a number of times. just keep in mind that you're better than them, they're paying for your time, which is unbelievably precious, and the simple act of sharing your boundless intelligence is a miracle. tell them this, let them know how lucky they are.

  On 2/8/2013 at 12:06 AM, zaphod said:

done it a number of times. just keep in mind that you're better than them, they're paying for your time, which is unbelievably precious, and the simple act of sharing your boundless intelligence is a miracle. tell them this, let them know how lucky they are.

And remember not to tell them everything you know. They will be your competitors, after all.

make sure you announce that before the class begins. do it like this:

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then write your name on the board and draw a happy face next to it

It went pretty well, and I liked doing it. I'm thinking about asking around if there's a way to become some sort of teacher over there actually. Thanks again for all the advice.