I miss the days of exceptionally geeky trolling I would do when teaching in person. Once a student asked about XOR... and another class was on the other side of an airwall. me: ok y'all let's prank the next class over. class: ok, what? 1/2
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I explain XOR function and put 'A' in binary up. I then put '4' in binary up. me: OK out loud, tell me zero or one a bit at a time we XOR. Moments later: the instructor next to us runs in "the hell is going on, you reading in binary?" me: yeah. fun with fundamentals! fin
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Replying to @bettersafetynet
If the class next door was rowdy, I’d agree on a hand-signal with my class that meant they should break into “spontaneous” laughing, cheering, cat-calls, etc. Then I’d throw the hand sign a few times per day. Neighboring instructors would always ask me for my “secret”.

Feb 10, 2021 · 12:16 PM UTC
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