People who teach 4:4 (4 courses per semester) are heroes. I only taught four classes yesterday, for the first and the last time this semester, and I still haven’t fully recovered a day and a half later. I have no idea how people do it on a regular basis and remain even minimally effective.
This is one of those structural problems in the American higher ed system that we need to discuss without sighing for the mythical 1950s when the grass was greener and the profs were whiter.
On the positive note, starting from tomorrow I only have 2 classes which are 2 sections of the same course. Except for once in 3 weeks when my blended course meets. I also have 9 students doing independent research projects to supervise. Life is good.
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