Officially a professor

Oh yeah, my first class teaching undergraduate Human Physiology was Wednesday at UHCL. It's the only HP class offered this semester, and strangely, it's in the evenings 7-9:50pm. That goes past my bedtime, but I digress.

I had fun during the class. I knew the material but wasn't sure I could actually teach it without it sounding like a formal seminar. To me, teaching is supposed to be interactive. I needed to be sure the class was involved. It turned out I think it went well. The students had good questions and the teaching just flowed.

With that, a few of the students approached me telling me that they failed the class last semester, and they were supposed to have graduated. They blamed the previous professor, but let's face it: Human Physiology is tough material. It just is. So I told them not to let the fact that I'm a friendly, blonde female in a brightly-colored sweater fool them into thinking that this will be a cake-walk. Because the material is what it is! And I am following the previous instructor's lecture notes. Just presenting it a little differently.

Although I can empathize with them, I admit I really like being on this side of the teaching podium these days!