I find it fitting that I decided to have my next post be today, when I'm again, teaching gravity to a new group of students. Needless to say, the teaching process has become a lot easier, although I'm pretty sick of students trying to push their luck with turning in assignments late or making excuses that they were sick and thus, were unable to make it to class.
It's very interesting being on this side of the academic process. I think back to when I was an undergraduate taking classes for requirement and I actually do sympathize with slacking off. Personally, I was guilty of putting in zero effort in requirement classes, while working extremely hard in those that I needed for my major. The difference though, between me and these students, is that I never expected the TA or professor to cut me some slack because I decided to skip my 8:30 a.m. section. I believe that by that age, we are not in school because we have to be, like in high school, but are there by choice. Thus, if I made the choice to party the night before and not make it to a quiz section, I don't expect the TA to allow me to retake the quiz.
Antara has convinced me that I should restart my blog and I thought that I probably had nothing to say, but let's not kid ourselves, it's me ... I always have something to say.
