Advice for new teachers: Make sure you run through a lesson yourself before presenting it in a high school classroom.
Here’s essentially how my Geometry lesson went the other day.
Me: Class, what is the name of this polyhedron?

Class: A square pyramid!
Me: Very good. And what polygons do you see when a square pyramid is pulled apart and we make a two-dimensional “net”?

Class: A square and four triangles!
Me: Very good. Now what is the name of this polyhedron?

Class: A hexagonal prism!
Me: Very good. And what polygons do you see when a hexagonal prism is pulled apart and we make a two-dimensional “net”?

Class: [Stifling laughter…]
Me: Oh, dear god, what have I done…
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