I woke up last Tuesday to the cold realization that my study leave was over: there was no choice but to admit that I was back at work. My first lectures were Wednesday: one hour of CMPT 165 and three of CMPT 470.
After the 165 lecture, Diana stuck her head into my office. She hadn’t been teaching in the summer semester, so she was also coming back to teaching. “Did you have your first lecture yet? Were you… excited?” Apparently she was so excited to get back to teaching that she was a little befuddled in her first lecture. This is why I love Diana.
I don’t know that I was particularly excited before my lectures, but now that I’ve done a full week, I’m feeling good about being back.
There’s something about being in front of a lecture room that feels right, especially with 165 and 470. Those courses are really the equivalent of comfort food for me and I think I’m going to have fun this semester.
So, I guess a year of study leave really does help one’s attitude. At least for the first week.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Don’t think about office hours and you’ll stay in that good mood.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
It’s not the office hours. It’s the email. (paraphrasing)
“Yeah, so I missed the first week of class because I hadn’t bothered to come back to Vancouver yet. Can you email me and repeat me everything you did in those three lectures?”
Almost lost my mood on that one.
September 15th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Don’t forget the academic dishonesty. Phil was taking 320 with Steve Pearce over the summer, and apparently 165 students were e-mailing him asking if they could redo their assignments after being caught cheating.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 am
Wow, already? Time flies!