Reflection 2026-06-03

During teaching

I enjoyed the contact with the learners. I have spoken to all of them 1-on-1. There were some for which the content was too easy, whom I sent on an early break/lunch.

I do think the course name ‘Command Line 201’ is a misnomer: I feel it should be called ‘Command Line 102’, as it is quite basic what we are teaching.

What I noticed is that 9 out of 10 learners stated that, during the ‘Bash scripts’ session, that this is their first time creating a Bash script. This means they did not even remember when it was taught twice before! The other 1 learner was already experienced in Bash, so I did not ask her if she remembered the sessions on Bash.

I enjoyed working together with the other teacher: when we requested host/co-host Zoom right, we just did that, gave a thumbs up and gave a thumbs up back. It was smooth!

I predict at least 1 learner will write on the evaluation that the course went too slow. I agree that when being gifted like here, where we follow the pace of most of the learners, one is better off elsewhere or by self-study.