Giving My First Lecture...

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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    as an undergrad myself, i have seen many TA's get nervous up there. but coming first hand, don't be nervous. we're just as nervous as you are and we have no idea what's going on. good luck.
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  • One Song Glory
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    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    as an undergrad myself, i have seen many TA's get nervous up there. but coming first hand, don't be nervous. we're just as nervous as you are and we have no idea what's going on. good luck.

    Haha, it's done now but thanks! :) I think my biggest issue was the context of the class. It's a third-year course that I literally only took two years ago, so I'm not that much more experienced than many of the students in this class and I didn't feel qualified going in. I could absolutely lecture about my own research area with plenty of confidence, but my specialization is contemporary North American lit, specifically Digital Humanities...so my knowledge of Victorian poetry is really not all that more developed than my third-years' own knowledge. I was able to fake it well enough today and the class seemed to enjoy it. :)
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  • catefrances
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    One Song Glory wrote:
    Really well actually. I can apparently fake a wealth of knowledge of Tennyson...by complementing it with tangential knowledge of everything else. :lol: And class participation was fantastic.

    aah... you gotta love intertextuality. :mrgreen:
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  • pjfan31
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    One of my lecturers always make it fun. At the start he will have a top 10 list, gets us going. his list the other day was top 10 childrens books that will never be published. he had

    The new Rohl Dahl classic 'OMG WTF BFG'

    'BI Curious George and the inappropriate touch'

    If you are interested, I can email you the lecture (vodcast), to see. I know that it sets the mood on what can be a boring time for students


    Good luck
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  • One Song Glory
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    Random update: The prof who completely inspired my research interest is letting me do a fucking guest lecture in his fourth-year/MASTER'S course next semester...and I'm only a Master's student myself. :shock: Holy shit!

    He and I have become really good friends throughout my first grant proposal process in the fall and he's brought me into the inner circle of the super-elite (read as super-paranoid!) digital media people at my university. We were at the campus pub tonight with my research supervisor and he randomly turned to me and asked if I wanted to do a "real" lecture in his class. (Apparently Tennyson isn't "real" enough for the folks I hang out with!)

    He said I can basically teach anything I want whenever I want as long as I give him enough advance notice to officially add it to the syllabus. It's a huge huge huge honour and i'm so unbelievably excited! Now THIS kind of shit I could go on and on about for 3 hours easily! AND make it interesting. :)

    Becoming friends with profs clearly has its benefits! :)
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  • catefrances
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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    Very cool. :)

    I noticed you are in Ottawa, nice to find another PJ fan in the area. I just moved here in August for school.
  • One Song Glory
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    small town beck wrote:
    Very cool. :)

    I noticed you are in Ottawa, nice to find another PJ fan in the area. I just moved here in August for school.

    Carleton or U of O?? And how are you liking it so far? Also, are you aware that we have a kick-ass marathon 12-day music festival in July? You'd better stick around for the summer! :)
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  • small town beck
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    One Song Glory wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    Very cool. :)

    I noticed you are in Ottawa, nice to find another PJ fan in the area. I just moved here in August for school.

    Carleton or U of O?? And how are you liking it so far? Also, are you aware that we have a kick-ass marathon 12-day music festival in July? You'd better stick around for the summer! :)

    I am actually take PR at Algonquin but I live near Carleton...sort of. I am a mature student so it has been interesting to say the least :lol: Are you from here? I have heard something about it and it sounds fab!! I just missed it last year as I didn't get here until August.
  • One Song Glory
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    small town beck wrote:
    One Song Glory wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    Very cool. :)

    I noticed you are in Ottawa, nice to find another PJ fan in the area. I just moved here in August for school.

    Carleton or U of O?? And how are you liking it so far? Also, are you aware that we have a kick-ass marathon 12-day music festival in July? You'd better stick around for the summer! :)

    I am actually take PR at Algonquin but I live near Carleton...sort of. I am a mature student so it has been interesting to say the least :lol: Are you from here? I have heard something about it and it sounds fab!! I just missed it last year as I didn't get here until August.

    Ah, my bad. I usually forget about Algonquin. :? I'm a veteran Carleton student (I also did my undergrad here) so this is my fifth year living in the city. I'm from the Toronto area originally and missed being around for the infamous Ottawa show by a year. :( Ottawa's definitely home now but alas, my Master's supervisor has said that he would absolutely kill me if I even apply to do my PhD here (academic suicide to do three degrees at one institution) and U of O doesn't have the proper programs, so I'll be leaving at the end of August. Ideally headed for UVic or Waterloo, although UVic is more appealing all the way around.
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    2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
    2010: Buffalo
    2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
    2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
    2016: Toronto 1 & 2
    2022: Hamilton/Toronto
    2023: EV Seattle 1&2
  • keeponrockin
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    Woot for Ottawa students! I'm at UO!
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  • One Song Glory
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    keeponrockin wrote:
    Woot for Ottawa students! I'm at UO!

    Hey! I believe we met at the Hold Steady this summer...?
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    2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
    2010: Buffalo
    2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
    2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
    2016: Toronto 1 & 2
    2022: Hamilton/Toronto
    2023: EV Seattle 1&2
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    One Song Glory wrote:
    Ah, my bad. I usually forget about Algonquin. :? I'm a veteran Carleton student (I also did my undergrad here) so this is my fifth year living in the city. I'm from the Toronto area originally and missed being around for the infamous Ottawa show by a year. :( Ottawa's definitely home now but alas, my Master's supervisor has said that he would absolutely kill me if I even apply to do my PhD here (academic suicide to do three degrees at one institution) and U of O doesn't have the proper programs, so I'll be leaving at the end of August. Ideally headed for UVic or Waterloo, although UVic is more appealing all the way around.

    Cool. Yeah I looked for a school in BC to take my program but this was the best program for what I wanted...or so I thought :think: We should have a PJ Ottawa meet-up. :mrgreen:
  • One Song Glory
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    small town beck wrote:
    One Song Glory wrote:
    Ah, my bad. I usually forget about Algonquin. :? I'm a veteran Carleton student (I also did my undergrad here) so this is my fifth year living in the city. I'm from the Toronto area originally and missed being around for the infamous Ottawa show by a year. :( Ottawa's definitely home now but alas, my Master's supervisor has said that he would absolutely kill me if I even apply to do my PhD here (academic suicide to do three degrees at one institution) and U of O doesn't have the proper programs, so I'll be leaving at the end of August. Ideally headed for UVic or Waterloo, although UVic is more appealing all the way around.

    Cool. Yeah I looked for a school in BC to take my program but this was the best program for what I wanted...or so I thought :think: We should have a PJ Ottawa meet-up. :mrgreen:

    We definitely should! We'll have to organize a pub night or something. :)
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    2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
    2006: Toronto 1 & 2
    2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
    2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
    2010: Buffalo
    2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
    2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
    2016: Toronto 1 & 2
    2022: Hamilton/Toronto
    2023: EV Seattle 1&2
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    One Song Glory wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    One Song Glory wrote:
    Ah, my bad. I usually forget about Algonquin. :? I'm a veteran Carleton student (I also did my undergrad here) so this is my fifth year living in the city. I'm from the Toronto area originally and missed being around for the infamous Ottawa show by a year. :( Ottawa's definitely home now but alas, my Master's supervisor has said that he would absolutely kill me if I even apply to do my PhD here (academic suicide to do three degrees at one institution) and U of O doesn't have the proper programs, so I'll be leaving at the end of August. Ideally headed for UVic or Waterloo, although UVic is more appealing all the way around.

    Cool. Yeah I looked for a school in BC to take my program but this was the best program for what I wanted...or so I thought :think: We should have a PJ Ottawa meet-up. :mrgreen:

    We definitely should! We'll have to organize a pub night or something. :)

    Sounds good :)

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