John, First...CONGRATS!!!! You can do it!! Yes, there area moments when you feel that way...especially the first couple of times....but in the end you will come out a champ!!
When I started teaching the CCNA/NP a couple of years back, I too felt the same initially, but personally, teaching has been the best thing for me in my life!! I love teaching and am passionate about it. I am just dying to pass the CCIE Lab so I can begin my own tutoring in my basement for the CCNA/NP/IP courses. The trick is to really prepare for it the night before and then dive straight to the hands-on section in the class. Then start explaining the concepts about the material as you do the hands-on. Students love the hands-on!! Preparing your own notes help as students respect you more than just saying "Ok guys, let's turn to page 31 and talk about Ospf. Ospf is....." Good Luck. >From: "John Neiberger" >Reply-To: "John Neiberger" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826] >Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:12:07 GMT > >I just feel the need to rant/vent for a bit and I knew there were a >bunch of you who might be able to relate to this. I've started teaching >a short, one-session general networking class for some of the people >here at the bank. The first session, which was really just a runthrough >with a handful of students, went fairly well. In fact, it went so well >that they increased the number of overall attendees to about 60 or so. > >Last week I had another session that went exceptionally well, except >for a couple of students who really didn't want to be there. I couldn't >have asked for it to go better, and my boss heard lots of good things >about it. One person even said I should be a professor! :-) Now, that >brings us to today.... > >Today I had an afternoon class, and in my opinion it sucked rotten >eggs. I feel embarrassed to have been involved with it. I can't >think of too many ways in which it could have gone worse. I rambled, I >flew through 2.5 hours of material in about an hour, I lost my place a >lot. I'm not certain that I ever formed a train of thought longer than >a couple of cars, and I think even those trains were without engine and >caboose. > >Have any of you other instructors had days like that? As I even >mentioned in class, I felt like my 'explainer' was broken today, and it >certainly was. I'm hoping that I could get some sympathy from other >instructors with similar experiences. > >Okay, I'm going to go drown my disappointment in some coffee! > >John _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62857&t=62826 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
