Regular People History
Most of taught history is about and from the perspective of politicians, nobles, inventors, explorers, athletes, scientists - in other words, the outliers. I’m fascinated by the historic lives of regular people, a topic that is hard to research as there is little information about them.
I would sign up for this class
Growing pot
Wood Science.
How to Make a Bong out of Anything
Skiving.
If I could find a way to make a class about furries, fursuiting, furry art, and all that goes with it, into an academic quarter long class, you better believe I would try… if I wasn’t too nervous about public speaking.
It’s sometimes easier to do speeches with a mask on.
My easiest speech in high school was in a grim reaper costume that covered my face.
While wearing my fursuit head, I will admit I’m a little less nervous, but I don’t think it’d be enough for me. I also doubt many colleges would be okay with me teaching with full head covering on.
Probably photography, network/hardware troubleshooting, and Linux 101
If i could get away with how my professor taught Maya i would teach Blender the same way and collect my paycheck.
“Okay, class, here’s a 15 minute video on the user interface of Blender. Go home and make something.”
RTFM, a prerequisite for Critical Thinking
It boggles my mind how many students can’t find answers in the one tool they have for any given subject. That’s Step 1 for problem solving just about everything: trust the literature and sort it the fuck out.
To make my life easier, it would be a Linux CLI 101 class for CS Masters students. Half of them don’t have the basic skills towdo their research.
The thing I’d like to teach is a hybrid theory/practical on Free Culture, and how to use FOSS for all your computing needs.
I had an elderly grad school Mammalogy professor who was always thrilled to show us cute fuzzy creatures on a slide show, tell us what was unique, both taxonomically and phylogenetically, about them, and of course if or if not he had gotten a chance to pet them or wanted to still.
I would be thrilled to teach that course with half of the passion he did. Bonus points if it opened doors to work in the field and pet some of those mofos.
Procrastination.
Completly useless and unrelated tidbits of knowledge nobody asked for and wont be confirmed by sources.
MMO Tanking 101.
What I did today 101. Free therapy hack. Who’s showing up?
