practise makes perfect

In Business Statistics class this week, I taught them 2 way ANOVA. I started the class with this,

'Before I start my lecture, I want you to open your hearts, and your minds. Because the knowledge that you are about to download, the Gigabyte is very big.'

They laughed.

After an hour of lecture and watching their kepala berasap, I gave them a take 5 before continuing. The second half of the class, I discussed some examples and only a few could follow.

'That's why I said, you must open your heart.. '
'But Madam, how? My heart is somewhere else?' one guy made a joke.
I played along, 'then my heart will go on la..'

Laughters.

After discussing the answers, I could see some faces who understood the topic and started to explain to their colleagues.

I tried to motivate them by saying this 'It may look difficult at first. Because you are not used to it.. But once your used to it, you'll be fine'

To relate, I added, '...... is like getting married. Your heart must be open, then things will go with the flow.. Of course you're not used to it at first, but with a lot of practise you'll be ok'

Suddenly, the whole class burst into laughters. And I realized after one of them asked...

'Practise apa Puan?'

I turned to the board as I felt my face was burning.

Tang tu cepat pulak paham............... kids!