first day

i just finished my first day interacting with students. we had an orientation lab this morning ("no food or drink, no open-toed shoes, don't eat the capacitors") which basically went well, although apparently it took less than one day for one student to decide he wants a new lab partner. i then attended the lecture portion of the class, mostly so that the students could see who i am. i won't have to attend more of them. then this afternoon i led two of the tutorial sections in which i made every attempt to pick on all students equally. i also tried not to act like r. lee ermey ("what is your major malfunction, numb-nuts??"), since they are impressionable young children and this was the first day of class. i think the tutorials went okay. i got through all the material in almost exactly the allotted time and i think one or two light bulbs went on in the students. hopefully, anyway.

mondays will be my longest days, with 1 lab and two tutorials, but i think it will be okay. i guess we'll see at the end of the semester what they think of me.