I am here...

[gullwhacker]

And twenty minutes later, I actually begin typing here.

So! At present, I'm running a 9:30 Monday math tutorial for first year students. Elisha, please comment. I need to know how doomed I am.

The instructor for the course has told me nothing. Not what the course is about, no outline, nada.

In other words, I just told 40-50 students about a test tomorrow - the only information I /have/ been given - and made them go away. Two-hour tutorial session over in twenty minutes, but in my defense I had nothing to tutor them about.

Ah, TAing. More information to follow.

Now to look over where I need to...E2? Why can't they use names for buildings? Aaaaaugh....

Comments

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I can't believe the instructor didn't give you much info. Hopefully, he/she won't be repeating this for the rest of the year.

If it helps, I think you'll make a great tutor. Good luck today! ^_^

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

One more thing, I found something that you should see
http://community.livejournal.com/avatar_fans/1779864.html#cutid1

[demonicgerbil.livejournal.com]

You're very doomed.

[gullwhacker.livejournal.com]

Yes! We must join the Iroh Liberation Legion at once!

Wait. ILL. Okay, we need another name with a less stupid acronym. =P

Thanks. Latest aggravation below, though...

[gullwhacker.livejournal.com]

Oh, it got better. See, I sent an email yesterday asking if I needed to go to the tutorial session today. No reply by 9, 9:30 tutorial, I went anyway. Entire class showed up - I told them 'right place, right time, I'll answer any math questions you have but I don't have much to discuss', reminded them of the test tomorrow, sent them on their way.

At 1:30 - four hours after the tutorial was to start - the professor finally replied to my question.

The entirety of the reply?

"No."

....Late and STUPID! [/arrogant worms]

[demonicgerbil.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly. That sounds like everything is going according to the prof's plan.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

So, can we assume that the professor is related to scarecrow, since he doesn't seem to have a brain?

[gullwhacker.livejournal.com]

No. Scarecrow was helpful.

[gullwhacker.livejournal.com]

You know, there's another student who desperately wants to switch TAing responsibilities - there's a course conflict with what he's got. Thursday afternoons. I'm tempted.

[scraadin.livejournal.com]

You'll be okay.

As long as it's round.

[demonicgerbil.livejournal.com]

But will your new job be better than the old one?

[patoshea.livejournal.com]

Gull,

Actually, that's standard operating procedure with some profs. You'll do fine, just be prepared for said 'instructor' to either:

a)Assume you know everything, or
b)treat you like a complete idiot.

Stay strong. You'll be the only human those poor students can talk to...