Pedagogy 101 (Random quotes from a few hours ago, provided with context)

me:

I did my second mini-lesson today

me:

it did not go as smoothly

me:

I tried to do a problems lesson where I gave people a sheet with a problem on it and then I had them work in groups

me:

this is pretty difficult when you only have 10 minutes, it turns out

Tanya:

Yeah

me:

still, I wanted to try it

Tanya:

Were you supposed to do something interactive?

me:

you don't *have* to, but I wanted to try

me:

people got confused with the notation I used on my exercise

[snip]

Tanya:

What was your exercise?

[snip]

me:

it was on integration by parts

me:

I had them calculate \int_0^1 x e^x dx

me:

in three steps: first, let u = x, let v = e^x

me:

oops

Tanya:

Hah

me:

let u = t, v = e^t

me:

oops

Tanya:

Hah

me:

man, this is harder than I thought

me:

no wonder they got confused!