It's noteasy, and I don't knowifwedo a greatjoballofthetime, but I thinkthesimpleanswerisempathyandrememberingwhatitwasliketonotunderstandmaterialyourselfandrememberingwhatitwasliketofeellikeeveryoneelseintheroomorintheclasswassmarterthanyouorknewbetterthanmaterialandtotrytoputyourselfintotheshoes.
Sotospeakofthatstudenttohelpthemwith a narrativebothverballyandinthecourseishomeworkassignmentsandslidesandsoforth.
I thinksittakessensitization, forinstance, eventhoughthiscourseCS 50 happenstobetaughttoourcollegeundergraduatesatHarvard.
I firstgotmystartteachingin a lectureshiproleatHarvard's Extensionschool, whichis a muchbroaderdemographicofstudents, youngstudents, oldstudents, everyoneinbetweenwhohavegoneorwhohavenotgonetocollege.
Andsoitwas a muchmorediverseaudienceofstudentsbothinCambridgeandonline.
And I thinkthattohelpsensitizedmetwodifferentlearningstyles I thinkwehavealways.
I havealwayshadstudentswhoare, Ah, verydifferentbackgroundsgeographically, socio, economically, academically, And I thinkthathelpstonotassumingthatyourstudentbodyisallofthesametypeorofthesamemindset, soinshortempathy.