First lecture! Ok, have to say, I was super duper nervous the night before, and even just before class started. But once I started rolling, almost everything went just fine. I was still recovering from the walk to school, which I really have to abandon soon since I was breathing in so much car exhaust… I got a surprise in my mailbox when I found many copies of the course outline, which is supposed to be online only. Oh well, I guess I’ll show off the computer on the projector next time.
As for the class itself, I went through the course outline, cracking jokes about my name and stuff. After that started the counting problems, which went really slow, I felt. I really don’t know if what I taught was review or something completely new, including the binomial theorem and stuff. But in any case, they seem to know what’s going on, so maybe I just wasted a lecture. Overall, though, I was pretty comfortable (except for a couple of weird spots), and I was rambling on and on. First question from the students is, of course, can I speak louder…heh. I guess I’m used to that now… A couple more jokes got some laughs, and the students are mostly quiet during the lecture, so it was not too bad at all. Now if only I can find an easy way of explaining generating function…
Waking up early was certainly pretty brutal, especially after a difficult night of sleeping with tons of nightmares. I essentially passed out in the office during the afternoon, surprised that I could sleep on hard floor. Evening brothers “prayer” meeting was boring, except for the arrival of chips and cards that I ordered. They are good, but at the same time it’s pretty disappointing to have so little to show for $80…