Get to teach university class! Life BBV

[ApeAttack]

I'm a graduate student at a university and I get to teach a 5-week introductory class starting on August 6. This class will be all mine and I'll give lectures, set test dates, prepare tests and unfortunately grade all hw and tests.

I want to be an instructor after I obtain my degree so this is great for me. They were short on instructors, but few grad students get a chance to teach an entire class for credit.

Brag: ~$3200 for the month of August. This is over double my normal pay. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Beat: I have to grade papers, which is the worst part of teaching a class. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Variance: I probably could have made more playing poker online during this time. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[rakemeplz]

BUMP

[4drugmoney]

whats the class on?

[Windforce]

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Beat: I have to grade papers, which is the worst part of teaching a class.

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not actually a beat if you use it well, just tell the pretty girls to go to your office hours to "discuss" the test.

and what subject?

[SinkRox]

GL. My friends going to china soon to teach advanced english at uni there!

[NozeCandy]

Beat: All of your students will probably hate you because this is your first class and will def suck.

[Bullrun]

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Beat: Alot of your students will probably hate you because most college students nit pick their professor whether or not he is more personable than a rock...

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seriously...every class I've ever had has contained a bunch of people who bitch about the professor and complain as if they really care even if he is an excellent teacher....

[ApeAttack]

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whats the class on?

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It is an introduction to 'engineering analysis', but the students will be learning how to computer program in Fortran. This language is still heavily used for many engineering applications because it is hands-down the most efficient language for raw number crunching.

[ApeAttack]

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Beat: Alot of your students will probably hate you because most college students nit pick their professor whether or not he is more personable than a rock...

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seriously...every class I've ever had has contained a bunch of people who bitch about the professor and complain as if they really care even if he is an excellent teacher....

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There will always be students who complain and will try to do the bare minimum. It is best to not worry about those students and focus on those who care.

My adviser told me a story about the first time he taught a class. There were a couple students who were not doing well but weren't coming to him for help. My adviser wanted to 'save' these students and asked his former adviser (my 'grand-adviser') for advice.

His former adviser asked him, "What kind of class do you want? If you want the students to reach their full potential, you cannot spend all your time helping those who do not want to be helped at the expense of others."

[LionelHutz00]

oh mr apeattack, i'll do anything to get an A in your class.