Teaching is Hard
I started as the instructor of record for my first class ever this week. I am teaching a section TEL T348, otherwise known as Audience Analysis.
This first day we did the basic things that virtually every class does the first day. I handed out the syllabus, told my students about me and my class, and then let them go. The real test was what happened on day two.
I gave my first lecture this past Wednesday. It was horrible. I couldn't find my rhythm. I went way too fast and had some of my students turn against me the first day. I felt ridiculous and like I did not belong there.
I now know what I did wrong. I'm going to work next week at making good with my students and make my future lectures better. I'm hoping that my students will allow me a fresh start and not hold the travesty that was my last lecture against me.
Wish me luck!
This first day we did the basic things that virtually every class does the first day. I handed out the syllabus, told my students about me and my class, and then let them go. The real test was what happened on day two.
I gave my first lecture this past Wednesday. It was horrible. I couldn't find my rhythm. I went way too fast and had some of my students turn against me the first day. I felt ridiculous and like I did not belong there.
I now know what I did wrong. I'm going to work next week at making good with my students and make my future lectures better. I'm hoping that my students will allow me a fresh start and not hold the travesty that was my last lecture against me.
Wish me luck!
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