1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,030 And how has the pandemic affected you as a teacher? 2 00:00:06,030 --> 00:00:09,090 Your approach to teaching? 3 00:00:09,090 --> 00:00:12,045 I think that it has 4 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:15,630 exasperated some of the tendencies 5 00:00:15,630 --> 00:00:17,325 I already had as a teacher. 6 00:00:17,325 --> 00:00:19,080 Trying to understand that 7 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:21,510 my students have lives outside of class. 8 00:00:21,510 --> 00:00:23,355 Over, I think when I started, 9 00:00:23,355 --> 00:00:26,025 I was, I followed in the steps of my professors. 10 00:00:26,025 --> 00:00:27,450 We have strict deadlines you get 11 00:00:27,450 --> 00:00:28,965 your work in and that's bad. 12 00:00:28,965 --> 00:00:30,930 But as I've, as I've become more 13 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:32,430 experienced and got to know 14 00:00:32,430 --> 00:00:34,125 my students a little better over the years. 15 00:00:34,125 --> 00:00:36,390 I've started easing up on that a bit. 16 00:00:36,390 --> 00:00:39,415 I find that students tend not to complain. 17 00:00:39,415 --> 00:00:41,450 They don't tell me when they have problems, 18 00:00:41,450 --> 00:00:43,010 some do, but a lot don't. 19 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:45,410 And so I started in 20 00:00:45,410 --> 00:00:46,760 probably the last five years 21 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,665 saying if you need an extension, 22 00:00:48,665 --> 00:00:51,560 let me know because I'd rather you turn in work that is 23 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,210 meaningful to you and that you feel proud 24 00:00:53,210 --> 00:00:55,250 of then just getting it in by the due date. 25 00:00:55,250 --> 00:00:56,960 I think the pandemic has 26 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:58,700 made that all the more important is 27 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:00,605 recognizing that students have 28 00:01:00,605 --> 00:01:03,125 so many responsibilities outside the classroom. 29 00:01:03,125 --> 00:01:06,140 And so just being flexible and understanding with them. 30 00:01:06,140 --> 00:01:07,985 Of course, you still have to have standards 31 00:01:07,985 --> 00:01:10,160 meet that's part of being in school and learning. 32 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,620 But the pandemic has, 33 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:14,450 I think in some ways brought me 34 00:01:14,450 --> 00:01:16,565 closer to my students in that respect that 35 00:01:16,565 --> 00:01:18,350 we all are struggling and we need to 36 00:01:18,350 --> 00:01:20,810 be generous each other and kind to each other. 37 00:01:20,810 --> 00:01:22,670 So that's one way that I 38 00:01:22,670 --> 00:01:25,204 express that in my, in my teaching. 39 00:01:25,204 --> 00:01:27,155 And how would you say students 40 00:01:27,155 --> 00:01:29,540 generally are responding to the pandemic? 41 00:01:29,540 --> 00:01:30,560 And do you see 42 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,620 any improvement this year over the last year? 43 00:01:33,620 --> 00:01:36,455 If anything, I think they might be struggling more. 44 00:01:36,455 --> 00:01:38,615 I've heard from students that 45 00:01:38,615 --> 00:01:41,480 now that we're kind of back to normal, 46 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,190 they're not used to it. 47 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:45,410 And so I think for faculty, 48 00:01:45,410 --> 00:01:47,630 we've been doing this gig for a long time. 49 00:01:47,630 --> 00:01:50,135 It was pretty, you know, it's hasn't been easy. 50 00:01:50,135 --> 00:01:52,340 It's been a transition, but getting back to normal 51 00:01:52,340 --> 00:01:54,755 might be easier for us because we've, 52 00:01:54,755 --> 00:01:56,360 we've had the normal experience for 53 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,595 so many more years where some of our students, 54 00:01:58,595 --> 00:02:01,550 some of them never have had a normal college experience. 55 00:02:01,550 --> 00:02:02,720 Others, they've been out of 56 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,100 the classroom for a year-and-a-half 57 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:06,740 doing the online learning or whatever it might be. 58 00:02:06,740 --> 00:02:09,755 And so to have a full slate of in-person classes, 59 00:02:09,755 --> 00:02:12,275 regular assignments again, no. 60 00:02:12,275 --> 00:02:15,890 Taking it easy like we might have in the spring of 2020. 61 00:02:15,890 --> 00:02:17,750 It's been really hard for a lot of them 62 00:02:17,750 --> 00:02:20,195 to deal with all that because they're out of practice. 63 00:02:20,195 --> 00:02:21,380 And so I think this 64 00:02:21,380 --> 00:02:23,180 semester It's especially been hard for 65 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:25,280 students trying to get back into 66 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,500 that regular cycle of what college is.