It occurs to me that while most of the advice given will possibly work, none of them strike me as being much fun-- for neither your unfortunate friend nor his potential students. Were I you, the advice I would give would be two part. Firstly, prepare for the class in as professional a manner as possible, which presumably would cover many of the suggestions thus far. Secondly, establish at the onset that the class would be a collabrative effort, i.e. EVERYONE is there to learn Perl. The notion that students teach not just themselves but even the teacher might be just the thing that pulls this trick off!

--hsm

"Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

In reply to Re: Can a non-programmer teach Perl? by hsmyers
in thread Can a non-programmer teach Perl? by Ovid

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