It was... a semester. And now it's over. *flop ( Read more... )

TAing is over!
Now, back to my own pile of responsibilities. O.o

Conversation during staff meeting today took a bit of an ugly turn. This was my emailed follow-up:

Hey, .

For future reference, please note that your implied threat that the department might retaliate by refusing continued TAship opportunities if I helped a student with a documented disability file an appeal is in fact illegal to carry out and ( Read more... )

Dead? In a coma? No! He's teaching undergrads!

Yeah, I'm TAing again. Couldn't get my act together enough over the summer to find no-strings-attached bridge funding (if such a thing could be found) and didn't make enough progress to sign a new advisor yet (assuming they even had money), so I had to dip into the pool of less-than-desirable options. I ( Read more... )

I led a quiz review session today. It was my first time leading a real, full length lecture for students. It went... okay. On the one hand, although I was definitely a tad nervous, mostly once I knew conceptually what to cover the words and interactions took care of themselves. On the other hand, I don't think I was prepared well enough, I wasted a ( Read more... )