My first day TAing section this semester went pretty well despite my nervousness. We introduced ourselves, went over the syllabus and then did an exercise where they paired up and one had to look at a painting and describe it to the other while the second drew it. It was meant to show how difficult it is to describe art using words (something they need to do for their papers), and to get them up and talking. Then we looked at a Benin mask and tried to describe it and see what information we could learn visually. Many of them participated, it went well. I'm feeling pretty good about Monday's class.
( Clothes, mentee, and haircut )