Making Class Memorable With a Basketball-Inspired Python Example

"I cannot be a teacher without exposing who I am."

—Paulo Freire

Hoop Dreams

For the last twenty-something years with rare exception, my five best friends from Carnegie Mellon and I have upheld an annual tradition: we get together in a different city, catch up, eat well, and play three-on-three-basketball. The photo above comes from this year's match in Colorado. (Note that the backboard's no-dunking sign couldn't be less relevant to these six individuals, but I digress.)