Smaller Is Better
Having completed my bachelor degree at a school where my smallest class had 300 students and my smallest tutorial had 50, I am accustomed to large classes.
When I started as a T.A., there was a certain sense of pride when I had larger tutorial groups than the other T.A.s, as students jostled to be in my tutorial.
After teaching a class of two, however, I've realized that smaller class sizes allow me to have more interaction with my students.
And after the grading frenzy that was my Christmas holiday, I have decided that larger classes simply mean more grading (and grade appeals). And I'm certainly in favour of less grading (and grade appeals).
So, as I watch the numbers of students in my spring semester classes rise, I find myself suppressing a groan and wishing for something that I've never wished for before:
Students dropping my classes.
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Oh. For the first time, I Asked for potential clients to say no after the first meeting. My Asking was not Answered in the Affirmative. Sigh.
I had no idea that you could ask potential clients to say no.
Learn a new thing every day...
I did not ask the clients. I Asked the Divine.
Ah. Now I understand. (Silly me!)
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