Teaching
Teaching
I teach physics the way I wish it had been taught to me.
My approach
As a student, I often got stuck on ideas that were poorly explained. So I know those sticking points from the inside. I build my lessons to defuse them before they turn into real difficulties. When students feel that something is easy to understand, it’s usually because that work was done beforehand.
In my classroom
- A clear contract from day one
rules, expected work and grading are written down and signed with the students at the start of the year.
- The right to be wrong
success is a series of failures. A mistake is there to learn from, not to judge.
- Checking that it sticks
I set already-corrected exercises again a few lessons later, to make sure understanding lasts.
- Support outside lessons
a weekly drop-in session for students who need it.
- Physics through experiment
lab sessions to see, measure and test what the lesson claims.
My classes
I teach at Lycée Bilingue de ZENMEH in Dschang, following Cameroon’s national curriculum: physics, chemistry, technology and mathematics, from the first year of secondary school to the final year. I’m also a form tutor, and I take part in national exams every year.
The science club
I run the school’s science club: sessions on big questions and great figures in science, plus regular chess games.
Tutoring: the POLYGÉNIE community
I co-founded the POLYGÉNIE community, where I tutor computer science students from first to third year of their bachelor’s degree. In first year, for example, I teach particle mechanics. The community was founded in the 2024–25 academic year.