Interesting Non-Academic Topic to Teach

[yearning]

Hey, I was wondering if the teachers/tutors on Spcnet, or anyone really could give me some help. I'm applying for a job and I have to a mini audition teaching a non-academic topic for 5 min. I'm supposed to use the whiteboard and engage the audience.

Any good ideas for topics? Some previous suggestions are "How to recover from a hangover", "How to cook a simple meal", etc...fun things, nothing dirty/obscene, but maybe a bit funny, and non-academic.

Thanks!

[Han Solo]

Hey, I was wondering if the teachers/tutors on Spcnet, or anyone really could give me some help. I'm applying for a job and I have to a mini audition teaching a non-academic topic for 5 min. I'm supposed to use the whiteboard and engage the audience.

Any good ideas for topics? Some previous suggestions are "How to recover from a hangover", "How to cook a simple meal", etc...fun things, nothing dirty/obscene, but maybe a bit funny, and non-academic.

Thanks!

It probably doesn't matter about the material but rather the presentation itself - be loud and funny.

Go watch the MIT professor physics presentations! It is really great

[flyingfox2002]

How bout choosing the topic How To Teach a Non-Academic Topic In Five Minutes?

[remember_Cedric]

Hmm those cooking stuff could be boring. Well, how about this...

1) How to do a Stand-up comedy in 5 mins? (for the comedy ideas, could get some ideas from youtube...or I suggest something from "Little Britain")

2) How to scare people in 5 mins? (involves from putting a scary mask, preparing your "scene" and Baha!

3).....(stay tune! I think I can come up with better ideas.) :P


Well, I'm a non-Academic person....(my grades sucks :P ) so if you need some creative ideas, I could help =D. As for suggestion 1....well, you have hardly-into-anything-serious remember_Cedric here :P. Let me know, I could help.

[Ken Cheng]

How about "How to do Hong Lung 18 Palms, Felix Wong Style, To Fend Off a Bully?"

For me, it was an important survival skill in elementary school.

[sarakoth]

How about "How to do Hong Lung 18 Palms, Felix Wong Style, To Fend Off a Bully?"

For me, it was an important survival skill in elementary school.

Hey, weren't you the one talking about how you got beat up trying to protect a girl or something in the "Would a girl fall in love with someone that protects her" thread?

Maybe you were out of elementary school. Man there must've been some rough kids in California.

[wkeej]

"What can one do in five minutes - A comparison between men and women for toilet".

Men: do their stuff, wash hand, comb hair, button up, etc etc etc
Women: inpsect the toilet.

[yearning]

Thanks for the help! Unfortunately, I'm not a very comedic/funny person =( So it'll probably come across as me trying too hard and not getting too many laughs...Although remember_cedric, your first idea sounds really good.

Haha, I guess I should err on the safe side, and try not to go into too many obscene topics, i.e. toilets, beating up people...

I'm pretty crazy about movies....should I talk about how to rip apart a bad movie as a critic? Does that sound kiiind of interesting?

[Han Solo]

Reckoned that you should talk about photography, and the joy of photography. You will do well.

[remember_Cedric]

Thank you, yearning. Being jovial and silly are my passion lol. I find laughter is the best thing after a stressful time. Its healthy, and...free. having involved with animation, I have to be as "cartoony".

Hey Han Solo made a good suggestion. Photography is fun, and teaching/sharing your passion to someone can really get you good scores, because that part of interest its in you.

how to rip apart a bad movie as a critic? Could you give a brief idea or a draft of how you could do this? We could give better suggestions that way. And....remember your timing and the keyword: relax.

To branch out your ideas on a topic, do a graph or mind map.

[Suet Seung]

Thanks for the help! Unfortunately, I'm not a very comedic/funny person =( So it'll probably come across as me trying too hard and not getting too many laughs...Although remember_cedric, your first idea sounds really good.

Haha, I guess I should err on the safe side, and try not to go into too many obscene topics, i.e. toilets, beating up people...

I'm pretty crazy about movies....should I talk about how to rip apart a bad movie as a critic? Does that sound kiiind of interesting?

Ripping apart a bad movie? Will you be able to show clips of a bad movie? Or will you do all the talking?