The Superhero 12 Conference kicked off with Ramsey Musallam , a Chemistry teacher from San Fransisco, California, who is a co-host of " Infinite Thinking Machine ." The title of his talk was "Pseudo Teaching", and began by talking about "Michael Scott," who THINKS he's a great manager. Pseudo Teaching was defined by Frank Noschese and John Burke to describe lessons and pedagogy that you think are great, but really aren't. Musallam thinks Michael Scott is a great metaphor for this. He shared his background, going through pre-Med at UC-Davis, and how he loved explaining things to people as a tutor. As a Chemistry tutor, he decided he needed to be able to show students how to "blow stuff up!" One of student quotes: I still have no idea how to balance a reaction, but I loved watching you blow @#!$& up! He thought engaging and entertaining were the only keys to good teaching. It was when he thought about "Mr. Mia...
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