Teaching

In the near future, we will start instructor-led, live courses but on a remote basis. Students (and instructors) will attend class from home or work. They will avoid airplane travel, rental car agencies and taxies, and they will go home every night.

Comments such as this customer made are nice to get:

Rarely, only very rarely, do I teach a group that is close to if not completely indifferent to the topic at hand.

The saying goes that if you like where you’re at, you better enjoy it because it will soon change.

• In-transit time: 25 hours
  Flights: Phoenix to Philadelphia, to Rome, to Turin Italy
  Seats: Middle, aisle, aisle

I’m the “check pilot” for the instructor that will do the actual teaching this week. My job is to back him up, help in the labs, and at the end, say if he’s able to teach this class on his own. But I know this person’s abilities and have no doubt he will do fine.

My teaching calendar has me in the Washington DC area next week for a four-day, then up to Boston MA for another four-day. The first is Tuesday through Friday while the second is a Monday through Thursday class; I could fly home over the weekend but it’s cheaper to just stay on the east coast. And it’s a lot easier on the body.

A holiday, an extra “sick” [of work] day, two days of “office” and one to figure out some demos for a web-based class, that was my week.

Those who work in offices try to work in some enjoyment in the evenings and weekends.