Thanks for the post! Yes, gamification of the course matter resulted in some of the most enjoyable days of K-12. First responders really like to use jeopardy matches for after meeting trainings to the same effect.

Hi Patrick, thanks for posting! That question of death is an interesting way to put it, I can’t imagine anyone does their best work on the first time through a course. Perhaps rather than coming off as the old-hand expert, maybe an approach of “that’s an interesting question, let’s figure it out together” would suffice?

I hear you on not wanting to teach! It can present a difficult cycle for grad students, having to TA as your research wasn’t developed enough yet to land a full RA, then not being able to develop your research because all your time is spent TA’ing. It seems the really fun part of academia is the mentoring, all the excitement of watching a mind grow plus that tangible progress towards deliverables.