I also learned that the class that I thought I would be teaching this summer - strategic management - was not going to happen. I felt screwed and had no problem telling my new boss that I felt screwed. I think I might have yelled it. I yelled at him on June 9th, 10th, and 11th.
So I was very surprised on June 12th to get an email, "Could you see me at 9AM?"
His proposal? We co-teach the summer course.
I accepted.
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I am beyond-the-moon happy. I know every one of the students. I know the good students and I know the pieces of shit. This is a class I have wanted to teach for all of my time here. In less than two hours of this appointment I have received an email asking, "You won't be using the testbank, will you?"
Awesome. Life is good.
Steve,
ReplyDeleteCan you explain what a "Testbank" is?
Every textbook comes with 50-100 questions per chapter written by lowly paid graduate students. The questions are often bad. Back when I used them in the US I found 1/3 of them unusable because there was arguably two answers or the question was just a bad question.
ReplyDeleteIt used to be difficult for students to get their hands on a testbank. In the age of the internet it's easy. Surprisingly, most of my colleagues still use the testbanks to create their quizzes/tests. I write all of my own questions.