look at me i'm margaret mead

Fun social experiment:

Teach a class. Notice that the class is not going so well. Try to jolly students into participating. Fail miserably. Ask for feedback ("be honest, be brutally honest") at the end of the class.

Try teaching the class again.

That's where I'm at--I will report results later.

Update
I incorporated what the students from the first class said and the kids in the second class said "Thank you!" at the end. Sorry, first kids!