Grasshopper

Spent the morning watching twenty-six other graduate students present five-minute segments of simulated teaching. I learned a great deal about propeller rotation frequencies, anaerobic bacterial activity in chicken colons, and the coefficient of drag (which, I must admit, I always thought was a joke, but...) When it came time for me to teach, I am not sure the evaluators really "got it," although everyone else in the room certainly did. My topic: Everything You Have Been Told Up Till Now Is A Lie. I did just like the workshop team leaders advised: used eye contact, moved around a lot, varied my tone of voice. Only problem was, I ran out of time just before I was about to bring it all home. I include here a picture of my One True Teacher, a diminutive form with gigantic presence who explains to me truly novel theories about basic existence on a daily basis. Talk about challenging your paradigms...thinking outside the box...especially at six in the morning...we could all learn a thing or two (or eleven) from Mr. Zapper.