Six degrees to
exasperation
I’ve decided to provide tiny tidbits of advice for those newbie professors out
there. Not that I’m so wise - just to be clear.
It
is to help you prevent many of the mistakes that I myself have made along the
way. And I’ve made many…
So here is mistake number one:
Don’t
take on too much prep your very first semester – if you can avoid it – you may
not be given a choice of courses, but if you are take the same prep.
I
know you’re all excited about teaching Rousseau in one class and Aristotle in
another and perhaps philosophy and film in yet a third and, god forbid, a
fourth prep on cognitive dissonance and Newton….
So
if they offer you three or even four of the same class – take it – you don’t
need to prove anything the first time out.
Perhaps
the same class three or four times a day sounds tedious but by the end of the
semester you won’t be sleep deprived and in a big pool of tears….
Nobody wants you in a big pool of
tears. Trust me…
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