Seminar! Done!

Last session was last night.  The teaching was probably the worst, because I get flustered and lose my groove when the power goes out and I have to switch from slideshows to the one small and terrible whiteboard and I can no longer have people practice things on their computers.  Nonetheless, I'm really proud of this seminar.  I worked really hard on it, and I did it right.  It wasn't my idea to have a seminar, it was my counterpart's idea.  I am not telling people what they should learn, I am providing instruction in response to a specific request.  I did a lot of work, but there were several other lecturers involved.  I did the main teaching, but that's because I am the only one who has ever worked with a Linux server or who understands a terminal interface right now.  I could have gotten more women involved (there were 2 out of about 25).  That's the part I'm not proud of.  At the end of the seminar, I think this was really well received and my counterpart is considering having another seminar at the end of this coming semester.  I will be on my way out of the country, but he had a good start to his plan.  A university SHOULD provide the occasional free seminar to educate the public!

Group picture at the end.  Can you spot the white person?

One of the students gave me a pen with a hand-carved wooden shaft. Aww!