Today was a decent day, It was my first day of Nuclear Physics Laboratory, where I teach independent of the Professor. It was my first time teaching a course without the professor there, usually he's in his office and comes by to observe the class, but this course is part of my TA-ship, meaning I'm graded according to my ability to convey information. So far its not so bad, the class size isn't that bad, 41 students are in my lab and most of them are either second semester sophomores or juniors.
My first impression of the students is very positive, they're more serious than the students that I taught last semester in Ecology Lab, the students this year are more serious. Due to the shear number of students, I had to arrange them into 10 groups, about 4 students per group.
I just hope that my students remain focused, they all seem like determined students, I'd hate to see any of them fail my course this semester, specially since this course is a 'weeding-out' course. My main goal is to make sure that I have myself available for any of them if they need help with problems in lecture or in my lab.
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=7694.0