If you had to teach a class on one thing, what would you teach?

[DokiDokiTsuna]

This is unbelievable even to me, but...I think I would most enjoy teaching a secondary-school math class. Things like algebra, trigonometry, maybe even a little intro-level calculus.

Math can be hellish when you have a bad teacher, or when there's too much pressure on you to understand things immediately, but if you're lucky enough to get through to the other side with a real understanding of what you've learned, going back to that older stuff is actually kind of fun.

It's only now that I'm halfway through college that I realize the significance of some of the "nonsense" I was forced to memorize back in high school...if I knew now what I knew then (and there isn't a whole lot of difference, tbh...) things would have been a lot easier. I'd like to share that perspective with people who don't have it yet.

Besides, as someone who struggled with those topics, I understand people's frustrations. ^^; I also understand that people learn math in different ways.
Some people are good at memorizing 'nonsense'; some people really won't get it until they have a concrete understanding of what that stuff on the paper actually means.
Some people ace concepts right away; some people need more time to digest them...and those roles can reverse depending on the concept.
Some people need visual aids; some people would rather be stabbed than draw a graph...I've been in both camps. XD I used to love graphs; I still draw li'l unit circles and triangles for trig stuff. But on the 3-dimensional plane, graphs stop being fun REAL quick. 6_6; I guess that also depends on the concept.

In conclusion, I guess I'd like to teach that kind of math because I understand it well AND YET I still remember what it was like to not understand it at all.

...Besides, nothing in this icebreaker says anything about teaching in an actual school, or for a whole year, or to actual children. I could be teaching an online GED course to adults for 6 weeks; I'd be okay with that. ^^

[LordVincent]

I mean... probably comics? A lot of creatives end up tutoring/teaching other creatives, either online, in separate classes or in colleges.

I would prefer to not teach at all tho because I don't wanna deal with people's frustrations or arguments against the things I have to teach them. I would rather just do my own thing, let others to theirs and all things are fine 🤷‍♂️

[Jenny-Toons]

Same idea here, though for me it'd end up being a Drawing Class in general.

I dunno -- it still boggles my mind that a lot of classes have this "No Anime" rule. Like, I understand the idea behind it in a way. Needing some foundations behind what you do helps. But I dislike how instructors lump Japanese animation into this singular style when there is so many styles and expressions. I chalk it up to not wanting to branch outside their own circle of interests and not bothering to do any research. So I'd want to do the opposite of that.

I would want to show students how to embrace other art methods and styles but still improve the methods they use currently. I was lucky to have an Drawing instructor who encouraged that instead of saying "stop doing anime". In fact, her advice helped improve my art for the better. I still do anime/cartoons, but she helped me grow a love for charcoal drawing. That's what I'd wanna give my classes if I taught Drawing.

[Noorie]

Astronomy, because unfortunately there is no such a subject in most schools

[SilentHamster102]

I don't know how to translate it to the English, but we had a class for public safety and primary military training.
Teacher was ex-military guy and we learned how to do first aid, covering from nuclear blast, learned how to behave in extreme conditions (lost alone in the forest, hostage situation, fire, gas attack etc.) military tactics (practice included), basic weapon training (AK-74), even went to shooting range and used to shot from real AKS-74U carbine.
If I would be teacher I would add far more practice to this class, because it was fun even with little practice we used to have.

[Maps]

English as a Second Language. I took a CELTA certification course while I lived in Ireland, which meant I taught for a month. I loved it! I had students from all over the world (Europe, South America, Middle East, etc).

[Coati]

Well I actually teach two classes
Animation and 2D Art for games. I won't mind teaching art related classes or Biology because I'm a science nerd

[Rodimus13]

...... I am a teacher and I'm here to tell you...

no teacher only has one prep anymore. There's on level classes, upper level classes, and lower level classes (like read 180 and math lab) for the kids that struggle.

Even my class, family consumer science, I have 3 preps each day. Exploring foods and fabrics, Principals of Human Services, and Principals of Hospitality and tourism. The PE coach have multi preps as they adjust for the althetics vs not athletics and the in-between. We have an art teacher who, if there aren't enough kids for art but too many kids for me she has to teach some both sides. This is just middle school too- high school has it worst! Most of those teachers have 4 preps.

A better question might be what 2 or 3 classes would you teach.

[punkarsenic]

im a workshop facilitator hoping to work in alternative education, so... choices, choices, choices

right now i really want to develop a workshop in poetry and games, so prolly that. id also love to teach a regular class on comics for middle graders or lower highschools.

in terms of Generic School Classes, either english or art. GCSE art is psychological torture and most of the teachers are atrocious, so i hope i could inject some much needed anarchy and honesty into an art classroom (and 200% more comics)

[punkarsenic]

i spose this could apply more to a theoretical university class youd want to teach, or if you could be a guest teacher at a school? ik sometimes very lucky schools will work with an artist for a particular project with their students.

[Azifri]

I taught population genetics for two years and it was a lot of fun, for me at least Would do it again. Also wouldn't mind teaching anything related with molecular biology.

I mostly teach individual student interns these days. It's a different approach, and I like it better than teaching a larger class; it's more focused and to a certain extent it can be personalized to the student's interests.

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[Freemints30]

Mathematics, I have tutored some of my friends when they need help before. As well as I seen many people say they dislike math and consider it boring mostly due dull teachers, which saddens me. I don't think math(unless you have math dyslexia) is something you can only "naturally" good at. I struggled in school with math, I just had a mother willing to spend time with me to teach as well as many interesting teachers.

Thus the world needs teachers to stop this math hatred.

[aqua03]

Simple....

BIONICLE LORE...

That, or Jim Henson or Kamen Rider.

[BlueWorldComics]

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[ar-ninetysix]

To absolutely no one's surprise if they've seen me on here...

I'd be teaching how to play music, how to compose, how to arrange, how to produce it.. But these would only be things that I know how to do, so my knowledge would be very limited in the grand scope of things. I imagine at some point I'd have to tell 'em we need to study up together if the student's only learning from me lol

[nostalgicroxas]

I run free classes and seminars on breaking through writer's block or artist block for people - which is basically "sit down and do it" boiled down. The people who come really enjoy it - I had a friend run the class for me last fall with instructions and she was like "THAT WAS THE BEST THING EVERRRR" and said the people who showed up really enjoyed it! I'm glad I've gotten to the point where I can just hand the directions off to someone else and they can facilitate it.

In the past I've also taught seminars on public speaking voice /voice acting, in the vein of public theatre where you don't get mics and "do overs".

If I could do another, I'd like to be able to facilitate art with a more messy medium - like paints, tye-dye, or something else. It's super messy but I think it'd be a lot of fun for the people doing it. Sometimes doing the weird mindless art is the perfect thing to bond with someone over, or to get through some kind of block.

If I wasn't doing seminars, likely I'd want to learn about how to facilitate art therapy.

[Drewbie]

A music teacher. Personally, I want a music teaching degree

[azzy-m]

I suppose if I had to be a teacher, I'd teach Math because I actually like math, but sadly I've never been good at it LMAO.

Sooo... 2nd choice, maybe Creative Writing?

[beta1042]

I used to be a math teacher(I stopped after I had kids cause daycare costs more than my teachers salary out here), and yes it's pretty fun! I'd say the draw back is the parents... many parents have really unrealistic expectations for their children especially in math classes. Others are just really negative about the subject because they themselves hate it and that negativity isn't helping anyone. But I think it could be fun to teach again someday when my young kiddos are old enough to go to school.

I also think it'd be super fun to teach sex ed/health/life skills type of class. I feel these are important classes that often get taught with a bad approach (like abstinence only programs) but its really important to actually provide real education on this while providing a safe and comfortable environment where students can feel comfortable asking questions.