It's party time. Registrations have ramped up, textbooks are stacked, students are sharpening their pencils, and the nerdy professor is in.
My courses are far more developed than I expected them to be at this point. I've worked a hell of a lot of hours over the past two months, but it was time well spent, as I now am feeling like I can do this. They're not completely complete, but honestly I'm about a day away from them being as complete as they really should be at this point. I want to leave myself a little wiggle room, just in case, but they're basically done.
So, if all goes well, I just might survive the fall semester. I might even survive the winter semester if I play my cards right. I haven't started prepping those courses yet, but the thing is, I already seem to be getting better at this. I'm building courses faster, making them more interactive, and fairly easily and substantially improving on the ones I developed only one short (long??) month ago.
I can do this.
I might even be able to do slightly more, and get in some *gasp* research this year. You know, the think I actually want to do most? Timelines are looking reasonable. I.Can.Do.This.
I'm giving myself a pep talk, it seems.
Is anyone out there? I know this is an invisible little blog where I talk into the void, but I'd love to connect with some other first year professors. Methinks a little forum search is in order. Surely there's an e-place for us.
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