Semester

And that's done. My first official semester as "Professor Troy". All semester, only one student actually called me that. And it was at the end when he was picking up his final paper and exam. *sigh* Maybe if I act like more of a bad ass next time someone will actually call me Professor Troy during class...

The semester overall went well. I had failures, drops, and no-shows for the final but for the most part my class passed. Not too shabby I think.

I know that there are several areas that I need improvement in, not counting on my notes, walking away from the podium, and having a bit more interaction with the students, but I'm learning and I know I'm going to do better next semester now that the nerves are gone. I didn't have that many rough experiences with students misbehaving or anything, I think it being 830am helped with that, lol. I honestly don't really care what they think about me, like me or hate me, they're stuck with me for four months so get over it!

Things I need to work on:
-Having more classroom participation
-Not counting on my notes but counting on my knowledge
-Being more strict with turn-in dates
-Not being intimidated by the students

But overall from this semester, I've learned that you gotta be tough, but even the those that act tough can still be a pushover. This happened several times this semester and I'm going to be better for next time. At least I can say that I didn't have a favoritism attitude. When someone asked for help or extra credit, I offered it to entire class.

I know that one of the things that WILL change next semester is my grading technique. New grading scale cause this last semester was too hard and I STILLLL haven't received my grading software. grumble grumble...

It honestly was a great semester: I learned a lot and I had some great experiences on what to do and what NOT to do. I can't wait until next semester and hopefully I can teach a 1302 class as well.