I’m still busy at work. I only teach 13 hours a week (and 3.5 of those hours are “extra,” which I get paid extra for), which is light for a teacher. Additionally, I have two double lectures for the same class, and I teach four lab sections that are exactly the same. This means I only have to prepare for one double lecture, one lab, and two math lectures a week. Repeating the lecture and labs gets boring, though.

But since this is my first semester teaching, I’ve been running around doing extra work. I think I’m slowly figuring out how to do things faster. For example, instead of fighting with the copy ladies every day, I just have my students look at the instructions in the lab. No work for me.

I would actually be ahead this week, but we are supposed to have our midterm exams submitted tomorrow, which is silly, since midterms are a month away. Luckily, I can use Stuart’s exam for the computer class. No work for me. But I may rewrite it so it is all multiple-choice, so I won’t have to grade it. No work for me. Likewise, Stuart and I will have to write a math test, hopefully all multiple choice. No work for me.

“No work for me” is the attitude to have here. I could work my butt off grading short answers and essay questions, but when it comes down to it, nobody cares.

I’m still working too hard, though, since It’s 6:30 on Friday, and I am only getting a chance to post this now…