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kilroyToday's depressing number in teaching: 80 students enrolled in the wrong composition classes for Spring.
It's not that depressing from a global perspective, I know-- we have something like 50 composition classes offered in the spring, with 20ish students per. But I have to look at it from a different angle. That's four full classes of students, out of which a significant number are going to get dropped. If they clump badly that could mean classes get canceled, and that means part-time faculty who really need the money getting the shaft.
Also, it means 80 bloody letters I have to send out. Boo.
It's not that depressing from a global perspective, I know-- we have something like 50 composition classes offered in the spring, with 20ish students per. But I have to look at it from a different angle. That's four full classes of students, out of which a significant number are going to get dropped. If they clump badly that could mean classes get canceled, and that means part-time faculty who really need the money getting the shaft.
Also, it means 80 bloody letters I have to send out. Boo.