here to yell about the false dichotomy of man vs nature
(pretend grad student, wannabe anthropologist)
they/them
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i have only ever taught double sections as the instructor, and i feel this way every time! and it's also hard to internalize that the second section students do not have a perfect access of the morning class and thus are not equipped to make comparisons to see if they are getting the exact same patter.
the two sections will always diverge slightly, because they are different students with different interests and backgrounds, so i can't expect mirroring anyway.
a11pm on a sunday night is a *great* time to remember that the semester starts tomorrow and i'm a guest/sellsword TA for a monday/wednesday class
for some reason i thought it was a morning class and then looked at the 'welcome to class' email just now and it says 6:40pm
off to a roaring start
i read about someone who planned to teach a poetry class purely by physical correspondence as a response to not wanting to teach over zoom ever again, i should track that person down again and see how that worked out this semester
(i absolutely could not get away with a 100% no-computers approach to this class but even if i could do 50% no-computers i would be ecstatic)
god, the last time i taught a whole class was in...2013? i've learned a lot since then. also, i cannot believe i got handed the reins for the classes that i did, with basically no oversight.
and, i never want to issue grades again, grading is the worst, who in the world even wants grades.
next summer: might be teaching, remotely, a pre-college summer school for high school aged art students
feels real hard to think about next summer right now, but actually, this might be a fascinating experience, and i think i won't be as burnt out on remote teaching as some of my colleagues are, because i...haven't been teaching at all.
can't wait to think about how to get away with as little screen time as possible for these kids :)
it's so trivial but i get the weirdest tiny dopamine burst because canvas explodes confetti all over the page when i successfully turn in an assignment, i don't know if this is institution or class specific (like if an instructor has to enable it), it's so goofy and makes me roll my eyes every time but also smile a little???
okay i should just let myself enjoy the silly thing and move on.