SDMC Overwhelmed
by rrusczyk, Jun 17, 2006, 3:21 PM
We had our first day of the San Diego Math Circle. Around 70 people RSVPed to say they were coming.
About 110 came. It was total mayhem. We desperately need more room and more instructors. Hmmm... Nice problems to have, but very tiring ones to have. We also need greater organization.
Fortunately, the parents were outstanding in helping out. (But one didn't show up until an hour late to pick up her son
) But we'll have to be more organized next time around.
I'm too tired to post much about it now. I have no idea what kind of follow-through this will have. Will only half of them show up because it was so crowded this time or do we have a gravitational mass that will just grow and grow. I don't know. . . We'll see. I am a little sad that I spent far too much time running around and organizing and only spent 45 minutes or so with each of the two groups I taught, when I intended to spend 75 minutes with them.
About 110 came. It was total mayhem. We desperately need more room and more instructors. Hmmm... Nice problems to have, but very tiring ones to have. We also need greater organization.
Fortunately, the parents were outstanding in helping out. (But one didn't show up until an hour late to pick up her son
) But we'll have to be more organized next time around.I'm too tired to post much about it now. I have no idea what kind of follow-through this will have. Will only half of them show up because it was so crowded this time or do we have a gravitational mass that will just grow and grow. I don't know. . . We'll see. I am a little sad that I spent far too much time running around and organizing and only spent 45 minutes or so with each of the two groups I taught, when I intended to spend 75 minutes with them.
).
Or split the group into more advanced and less advanced problem solvers...something like that. Also, for competitions, we could do something like the various summer camps and have relays...space permitting, of course.
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