One day, I will sit down and tally how much of my class prep is really simple secretarial work.How much time do I really spend typing up exams, worksheets, handouts, then copying them? How much time do I spend at the copy machine, shrinking, enlarging, and recopying handouts? How much time is spent trimming copies, and then recopying them so they look neater?
How much time do I spend picking up the discarded handouts, casually left behind?
How much time to do I spend stapling students' papers because they cannot find a stapler or paperclip or the lazy student's paper clip (dog-ear them together)?
If I compare this to how much time I actually spend reading, researching, and staying up to date in my field, then I have no doubt which one wins.
Am I a scholar, or a secretary?
Maybe one semester I will experiment by doing what my professors did: just lecture.
The little snowflakes will be on their own.
