06-10-2011, 09:02 AM
Just got back from a three day conference on this. Other than the skeeters it was pretty awesome. The school owns one of the "great camps" on Saranac Lake and it's pretty posh. And I like hanging out with weirdo academics and getting into crazy conversations.
But as far as the class goes, I'm a bit overwhelmed as to the scope of what I got myself into. In addition to the monster/horror content, the other subject areas to be covered are: advising and course scheduling, communication skills (oral and written), grammar, freshman year experience type shit, how to be a decent human being (it's a liberal arts school) and interpersonal skills (all 35 of them are living in the same building, yeah for drama!). On top of that I am team teaching with someone I just met and after three days together I am questioning our rapport, I have very limited teaching and grading experience, and the course is going to be designed (by me...) from the ground up in the next month and a half.
It'll turn out fine, but right now it seems a bit daunting.
But as far as the class goes, I'm a bit overwhelmed as to the scope of what I got myself into. In addition to the monster/horror content, the other subject areas to be covered are: advising and course scheduling, communication skills (oral and written), grammar, freshman year experience type shit, how to be a decent human being (it's a liberal arts school) and interpersonal skills (all 35 of them are living in the same building, yeah for drama!). On top of that I am team teaching with someone I just met and after three days together I am questioning our rapport, I have very limited teaching and grading experience, and the course is going to be designed (by me...) from the ground up in the next month and a half.
It'll turn out fine, but right now it seems a bit daunting.