Don't Sweat It, Teaching Is Hard: A mini blog

 Hello everyone! So I've been teaching a few people in real life and it is hard. It is.

One of these people is very very bad at it. I decided to use flashcards to explain the name of the piece. For example:

" *Me* Piece name: Pawn.

The way it moves: it can only go up the board in the line it starts in. On its first move it can move up 2 spaces after that it can only move up one. Understand? *Student* yes I understand. *Me* 

It can change its 'lane' or 'file' only by taking another piece."

Then I would go through all the pieces and then ask her what their name was and how they moved and she was completely lost. "*Student*  so the pawn moves in a 1-2 step? *Me* face in the palm. No, a pawn can only move up. What you thinking of is the knight. *Student* huh, ok."

" Huh ok" is all she could say. I was like " you do know I change by the hour right?" She said, " yeah I do." 

Big smile haha.

Thanks for reading this mini blog, everyone! I hope you got a few laughs because this was supposed to be a comedy. I know it's not the best, but I did try. And this story is not true. I made it up. 

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