As most of you know, I’ve been an Adjunct Professor for 3 weeks. At this point, the job is a whole lot of fun and really something that I can seem myself doing well into the future. I will repeat what I said in a previous post about the job – it takes a hell of a lot of prep time for each course and I’m surprised that being on this side of the classroom is so much different than being on the other side.
The biggest difference for this career student-turned-Professor? Well, I’ve already said that I’m shocked at the preparation time for each class, but I now know the feeling that my Professors had when they would throw a question to the group and get nothing but blank stares. A million and a half things run through your mind at that moment! You’re wondering whether you’ve not explained the subject matter correctly, if you asked the question the right way, if everyone is asleep, or if the students just despise the lecture!
Thankfully, my students are good at answering questions when I throw them out there. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that my students are an exceptionally bright group of young minds that really get engaged in the subject matter, so I must be lucky or something!
Anyway, the whole Professor thing has been a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to it continuing to be that way!
I hope it works for you. My sister and brother in law teach college. If you went to planning school you might know my BiL, Robert Lang. He went to RU also.