TITLE: A Handy Guideline for Teaching Beginners
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: October 14, 2014  2:22 PM
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I was putting together a short exercise for my students to do
in class today.  "Maybe this is too difficult.  Should I make
it easier?"

If you ever ask yourself this question, there is only one answer.

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
 When in doubt, make it simpler.
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On the days when I trust its wisdom and worry that I've made
things too easy to be interesting, I am usually surprised by
how well things go.  On the days when I get lazy, or a little
cocky, and stick with something that caused me to wonder,
there is usually very little surprise.
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