My Style

So I modelled my style quite closely to my mentor.
However I do recognize that we have very different personalities,
and that I could never tell jokes the way he does.

But I could follow his teaching methodology.

I put myself in the slippers of my students.
(our students do not wear shoes)
And I try to solve the problems from their point of view.
As an engineer, I realise that I tend to skip many intermediate steps.
But now, I have to be concious and write those steps down.
I have to break the problem into tiny parts so that they could digest it easily.
I have to look at it from different view points and see where the blindspots are.

I try to put in a little extra stuff.
Stuff that is not in the notes,
Stuff that is out there in the real world.
I brought to class a foldable bike, and ask them what are the forces that are acting on the wheels.
I made a video of my family and the problem that we have with the stroller
I show them clips from youtube and make them laugh.
then, ask them what is the physics behind that joke.
I try to make the lesson relate to the world.
Because that is where they are heading to when they graduate.

Soon, I had my own style.
It is a cocktail of methods from all the good lecturers/teachers that I know.
They all have one thing in common.
They sincerely care for their students,
and they love to teach.