As this semester wraps up, schools are already looking ahead to the fall. I have been hired back at my original technical college for my 3rd semester of General Biology and I'm waiting to hear which class I will get at my newer school. I'm looking forward to not feeling quite so "brand new" at this whole process, but at the same time, returning to teaching in the fall comes with some anticipation for me.
Between now and the beginning of the new semester I will be giving birth to our daughter. So, while I won't be new at the teaching thing anymore I will certainly still be new to the mother thing by the time I go back to school and I will be new to the figuring out how to do it all thing. In fact, I will only be about 4 weeks into the whole parenting part of my life (due date: July 22 - return to work: August 25 ) and so the beginning of the semester promises to be a little bit rocky.
Obviously there will be some adjustments. Currently I grade exams and have the grades posted within about 4-6 hours of the students having taken the exam. I think a 2 day turn-around time might be a more reasonable expectation come this fall. Also, while I do the bulk of my work on the weekend, I do save a significant portion for the day before the class. That's not going to work very well either since I will no longer have those days all to myself. Of course next semester won't be my first time anymore, so the amount of work I need to do for each class will be reasonable.
So, while I still look forward to a full time job at some point in the future I have to say that working part-time in the mornings and then spending the rest of my days at home doing work/taking care of the baby/taking care of the house (not in that order) doesn't sound like such a bad situation to me. I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead.
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