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July 19, 2005
On Calendars
One way in which I am out of step with the contemporary academic management styles of outcomes and assessments is in making the calendar for my courses. Here I would like to be a free-to-be-you-and-me type of professor, walking in every day and dealing with what we've gotten to and reminding them to start reading the next book because we'll be there by next Wednesday.
I never have the slightest idea how long it will take to "cover" or "do" or "read" a book. How long does it take a group of 18 year olds (who I haven't even met yet!) to work through Gilgamesh? The Symposium? Argh! And I'm paired in a "learning community" for one of my three courses (I know, I know - I agreed to it. I must've been feverish.).
Posted by CrankyProfessor at July 19, 2005 11:30 AM