posted 2005/12/07 at 14:57
I just got done with the last class of the first Comp I course I taught. Owing to the fact that it was the end of the semester and people were tuckered out, I made it a "party" and everybody brought food and stuff; I brought my famous brownies with me, albeit without the heart parfaits I put on the batch I made for that woman I had a crush on earlier in the year. I even booked the English department's conference room so we had someplace much more comfortable than our stuffy classroom to be in. (That, and our classroom is on a sattelite campus, so it helped that people didn't have to drive or take the bus out there.)
It was a good time, but honestly I'm feeling really sad now. Having the chance to help shape all their minds, and make them into better writers, and more importantly make them all more aware of the world around them, has been one of the few joys I've had these past few months. I'll have another batch of students come next month, but it's still kind of sad to have to leave this first group of pupils. I kind of hope that some of them will keep in touch with me, and let me know how the rest of their studies at UT go.
Now, more than ever, I know that I want to teach for a living. I think I've finally found something I can make a living at that I truly enjoy. The only hump is going to be getting through the rest of my studies here so I can get the degree(s) that will let me go out there into the job market and get a good position that will enable me to support myself. I guess I'd better get back to work on my own end-of-semester assignments here, then.
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