So a little glitch in scheduling at Spouse's school meant he found out today what he is teaching this semester. Classes start Wednesday. Not cool.
I know what I'm teaching. I was lucky enough to get a reassigned time to learn something new that I have to teach next semester. My challenge now is to not let that time get sucked in by many little pieces of service. I'm working on it!
But one thing I hadn't anticipated was the challenges of relearning the courseware system after my sabbatical. We also switched to a new version, which definitely doesn't help. Today, I kept getting "server error" messages. I think this really translates to "cheap version" errors. But I need to get all of this working. Soon.
In other news, my department is doing curriculum revisions. We have a few proposals that really seem like pet projects for people who happen to be on the curriculum committee. I'm not happy about them, but I feel like my pre-tenure self should just keep my self quiet and go along to get along.
Is it sad that I plan to be extremely outspoken when/if I am tenured?
If all 4 of us survive this week and next (starting classes for everyone and Offspring starts high school), it will be impressive, I think.
I know what I'm teaching. I was lucky enough to get a reassigned time to learn something new that I have to teach next semester. My challenge now is to not let that time get sucked in by many little pieces of service. I'm working on it!
But one thing I hadn't anticipated was the challenges of relearning the courseware system after my sabbatical. We also switched to a new version, which definitely doesn't help. Today, I kept getting "server error" messages. I think this really translates to "cheap version" errors. But I need to get all of this working. Soon.
In other news, my department is doing curriculum revisions. We have a few proposals that really seem like pet projects for people who happen to be on the curriculum committee. I'm not happy about them, but I feel like my pre-tenure self should just keep my self quiet and go along to get along.
Is it sad that I plan to be extremely outspoken when/if I am tenured?
If all 4 of us survive this week and next (starting classes for everyone and Offspring starts high school), it will be impressive, I think.
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Grr regarding spouse's late schedule and your curriculum committee's craziness. Good luck!
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