Last Minute Changes

[stoutfellow]

Fall Semester begins on Monday. I was scheduled to teach two courses: first-semester calculus, and junior-level abstract algebra. (In my department, the standard yearly teaching load is five courses, split two-and-three between the semesters.) This afternoon, I got a call from the Chair; as a result of some last-minute reshuffling, they need me to teach advanced geometry as well. In return, I won't have to teach statistics next semester - just differential equations and differential geometry. (I think that's the deal; the university website hasn't updated the class schedule since the end of June.)

It's fine with me, but a little more warning would have been nice. I've only taught that geometry course once before. I don't even know what text we're using.

Comments

[ekaterin.livejournal.com]

Well, as long as you are one week ahead of your students... Wait, it starts in less than a week. Does the website has the information on the text, and does the library still have that text available?

Best wishes on this!

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I will have time to prepare. The first meeting of the class is Tuesday night, and I'll be able to pick up a copy of the text Monday morning. I'm familiar with the content of the course, if not the organization of the material.

[filkferengi]

Besides, don't you find the adrenaline rush of the last-minute deadline stimulating? ;)

But then, it's easy for me to be snarky; it's at least partly envy of the students who get you for a teacher. Geometry is fun, but I'd probably prefer the history of math class you talked about so eloquently a while ago.