Much Much Much
As it turned out, the second day of the Flash Course by Visual Arts Society was much much much much much much much much much much much better than the first day by an enormous degree.
Of course, the reason why it was so, was because HM took over both Basic and Advanced course. She learnt Flash professionally (as in, she actually had lessons on Flash in the Polytechnic she was from) so she explained things much much better than I could. In fact, if she were to be the one teaching yesterday, it would have made the society’s image much much much better.
(And by the way, she was also the one who prepared the course documents, so she would have known what to teach. I only had one night to read through the course document, so I didn’t manage to prepare much).
Another reason why the lessons I conducted was probably pretty hard to understand was because I’m more used to doing things by hands-on, as compared to actually explaining what is going on. That’s why I had preferred for the lesson to be conducted with a projector. I also prefer to teach a person on a one-on-one basis.
It’s like, I know how to do things, but I don’t know how to explain them.
But again, in the end we’ve got our share of the benefits of the course. The students learned something, and both HM and I (and also E and J who were also there as instructors) had our fair bit of experience. The society also got really good reviews on the course…
(One review went like: “Oh, it’s much better than the one conducted by [club name censored]. It’s like, the instructor knows what he’s doing, but he can’t explain. In the end, I couldn’t finish the course.” Sounds like me the previous day… :P)
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