Beginning at the End

I'm off to teach this morning. It's my second weekend of classes at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. All intensive courses are tough but the weekend ones especially so. BCIT provides these Communication courses for adults who may be working full-time. The majority of my present class is made up of new Canadians who plan to enroll in future Institute programs. The 7-hour per day schedule seems grueling but it has proven successful for thousands of former students.



This is the first time, after eight years of experience at BCIT, I've ever taught on Saturdays and Sundays. This batch will run until July 3rd. I contracted to teach this single course and another weekend one which will end in August. So, although it's tiring, I have the entire week to recuperate. What a great way to spend the summer!

I've taught the same course in a different scheduled format, so I am finding that I need to spend a great deal of time planning, organizing, and correcting. Yesterday, in fact, I spent a majority of the day in the office.