Today was my first day of teaching, pretty much ever. \u00a0My class is at 08:20 am, and most of the class has a three hour gap in their schedule after my class finishes shortly before 10am, so only about half showed up, or eight souls. \u00a0Somewhat shockingly, half of those in attendance were female. \u00a0We’ll see how things progress as the quarter wears on, but I’m pretty sure I’ve hereby maxed out on the female ratio front.<\/p>\n
Now my current dilemma is figuring out a way to stay on top of making lectures and do all that jazz, preferably without resorting to working at night. \u00a0I indulged myself \u00a0and made a (intentionally short) power point presentation for today’s class, and started one for the next class (Monday), but it’s such a time sink that I have to figure something else out or go insane. \u00a0Huh, perhaps going insane is the solution to everything?! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
On top of this I’m contemplating enrolling in a course that is intended to teach current university teachers to teach. \u00a0Yes, it is counter-intuitive, but all you need to be qualified to work as some sort of a professor at a university is a Ph.D. in your chosen field. \u00a0That’s it. \u00a0There is no other qualification. \u00a0 But they still expect you to teach, i.e. somehow impart knowledge on to other people, without really having a knowledge-basis for doing so, except having attended school for waaaaaay toooooo loooooong.<\/p>\n
So yes, the roller-coaster has left the building. \u00a0Eeeeeek!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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