Three points about my teaching style. First of all, I don't write everything on the board. For the freshmen here, we're not in high school anymore. You need to pay attention and listen to what I say, not just what I write. So it's important to remember that.
The second point is, as you can tell, I talk really fast and my handwriting is really bad. So please don't be afraid to ask "what the hell" I just said or wrote. If you don't know, chances are at least 40% of the class doesn't know either.
We'll learn later this semester about the concept of public good. A public good is something you do which has a personal cost and a social benefit. I understand raising your hand in a class as large as this can be intimidating. But remember, in doing so, you're not just helping yourself, you're helping your fellow classmates. So please don't lean and whisper loudly, what the hell did he just say, to the person next to you. Raise your hand and ask me. Because if you didn't understand, many other people didn't as well. More generally, it's hard to get class participation in a class this large, but I really encourage people to participate as much as possible. I've had, every single year, too little participation. So please follow up with questions, things like that.
And then finally, the third point about my teaching style is have a bad tendency to use the term 'guys' in a gender neutral sense. So when I say guys, I don't mean men. I mean economic agents, people, everyone. And I'm sorry guys has a gendered word. Often, I don't mean it that way. It's just kind of an economist talk for economic agents, we call them guys.
What we're gonna do today is talk about
- What is microeconomics,
- What are you gonna learn in this course?
- What is the basic field about?
And then we'll dive in next time into actually starting to learn about the models that make up basic microeconomics.
Kedua, seperti yang bisa kalian lihat, saya berbicara sangat cepat dan tulisan tangan saya sangat buruk. Jadi, jangan ragu untuk bertanya, “Barusan dia ngomong apa sih?” atau “Itu tadi dia nulis apa?”. Kalau kalian bingung, kemungkinan besar setidaknya 40% kelas juga bingung.
Nanti di semester ini, kita akan mempelajari konsep tentang public good (barang publik). Barang publik adalah sesuatu yang kalian lakukan dengan biaya pribadi tapi memberi manfaat sosial. Saya paham bahwa mengangkat tangan di kelas sebesar ini bisa terasa menakutkan. Tapi ingat, ketika kalian bertanya, kalian tidak hanya membantu diri sendiri, tapi juga membantu teman-teman kalian. Jadi tolong jangan bersandar ke teman di sebelah kalian dan berbisik keras, "Dia tadi ngomong apa sih?". Lebih baik angkat tangan dan tanya langsung ke saya. Karena kalau kalian tidak paham, banyak orang lain juga tidak paham. Secara umum, memang sulit untuk mendapatkan partisipasi aktif di kelas sebesar ini, tapi saya sangat mendorong kalian untuk berpartisipasi sebanyak mungkin. Setiap tahun, saya selalu merasa partisipasi masih kurang. Jadi silakan bertanya, berdiskusi, dan sebagainya.
Terakhir, poin ketiga tentang gaya mengajar saya: saya punya kebiasaan buruk menggunakan kata "guys" dalam arti netral gender. Jadi kalau saya bilang "guys", saya tidak sedang bicara hanya tentang laki-laki. Maksud saya adalah economic agents, orang-orang, semua orang. Saya minta maaf karena kata “guys” memang punya kesan gender, tapi sering kali saya tidak bermaksud seperti itu. Dalam bahasa para ekonom, "guys" itu sering dipakai untuk menyebut pelaku ekonomi secara umum.
Hari ini kita akan membahas:
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Apa itu ekonomi mikro,
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Apa saja yang akan kalian pelajari dalam mata kuliah ini,
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Dan secara umum, bidang ini membahas tentang apa.
Lalu di pertemuan berikutnya kita akan mulai mempelajari model-model dasar dalam ekonomi mikro.
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