It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times...

Our first week is drawing to a close at Midwest Comprehensive Regional U, and both kinds of flakes have fallen all over campus...one is the unique and delicate kind, and the other wears shorts to trudge through the first.

So far my courses are shaping up quite nicely despite every effort of my department to much things up.  I was assigned a new course (why stop having to to do course development?  I've proven in my 9 years that I'm apparently ok with it, having to add a new course to my rep at least once a year) but at least I am not overload (yet).  

But in each course there is that one problem 'flake.  The one that started asking questions before the semester began - actually before the previous semester ended.

Dr. Amelia thanks you for the tips.

Dear Stu,

Thank you for offering your heartfelt opinions on how to run my class.

I was not aware that most group in the hamster fur industry are groups in name only, as they do not actually consult with each other in the creation of their projects. I guess during my years of experience, every company I worked for was pathological in this expecation.

I was not aware that students work better when you just let them be. I guess the whole idea of hiring an experienced instructor to decide the actions of the course and what should covered is just old-fashioned and silly. Of course you will do a better job just making all the plans and decisions yourselves.

Although I wonder why you are in school at all, given that you already know everything. Perhaps you can enlighten me on this as well.

Dr. Amelia