Comments for Where is Ray's Brain?!?! http://friedbrains.degaff.net/brainblog Work with me here, I'm still trying to figure it out Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Most Relaxing Beach Ever! by Josh http://friedbrains.degaff.net/brainblog/?p=29&cpage=1#comment-3 Josh Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:34:03 +0000 http://friedbrains.degaff.net/brainblog/?p=29#comment-3 Ray, quit being a dork and blogging from your vacation in HAWAII. That is all. Oh, one more thing. Dork. :) Ray, quit being a dork and blogging from your vacation in HAWAII. That is all.

Oh, one more thing. Dork. :)

]]> Comment on Teaching training, training teaching by Josh http://friedbrains.degaff.net/brainblog/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-2 Josh Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:00:52 +0000 http://friedbrains.degaff.net/brainblog/?p=12#comment-2 I think you see what you described in all forms of teaching. I've often found that the best way to learn something is to teach it yourself. My advisor (whom I TA'd for) in grad school not only encouraged the students to visit me in office hours (where I would often have to "invent" new ways to teach a concept, and in doing so would better understand it myself, or correct a misinterpretation of it) but he also let me teach class on the days he was away - which really forced me to understand what was going on and iron out all of my misiterpretations before class. I have had more "Eureka!"s while teaching others than in classes I've taken (which is sorta scary). But this is good that they think you are ready to teach - that's a level of respect you should be proud of! I think you see what you described in all forms of teaching. I’ve often found that the best way to learn something is to teach it yourself. My advisor (whom I TA’d for) in grad school not only encouraged the students to visit me in office hours (where I would often have to “invent” new ways to teach a concept, and in doing so would better understand it myself, or correct a misinterpretation of it) but he also let me teach class on the days he was away – which really forced me to understand what was going on and iron out all of my misiterpretations before class. I have had more “Eureka!”s while teaching others than in classes I’ve taken (which is sorta scary). But this is good that they think you are ready to teach – that’s a level of respect you should be proud of!

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