Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Questions and Answers !!!

I am working as a TA this semester in my university. TA basically is an abbreviation for Teaching Assistant, which means i take classes for Undergrad students. I am taking lab course called Bio 1107 for 1st year students here. first i thought it would be a tough time teaching. coz i am no expert in teaching students. i kind of began as a amateur, still am not a pro. but definitely i have improved, and have done a good job so far in this semester.

i now know how tough teachers might have felt about teaching students, even though i find it quite easy, i pity the teachers, who taught me and my classes earlier in school and college. i am lucky that i didn't end up in situations like that. my students are very friendly and also same with me, i am good to them. the lab goes on for 3 hrs and its quite good and fun to teach the students as its a diverse class and attention is to be given to each student in a good way.

you go into the lab assuming that the student knows little about the subject and you teach them the concepts, but sometimes it gets a little tricky, when students ask some questions, which you wouldn't expect with the context of the topic that day. and its awkward sometimes with some questions, whether to answer them or change the topic.

its quite interesting till now, ill keep updating if anything worth mentioning happens in the lab..



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