A servant among his masters

This last semester I was able to be a TA for one of my favorite class. It is an internet publishing class that teaches the basics of XHTML, CSS, and Javascript. It is a ton of fun.

This term, I was asked to teach the class. This was exiting for me, to be recognized as being proficient and capable of teaching the class. So, I am getting ready to teach the class; putting together lesson plans, assembling notes for the class, writing a class syllabus and everything else involved in teaching a class that you have never taught before. I know I can do it, but it still makes me feel out of place to have so much power (granted that everything has to be approved by a coordinator, since I am still a student employee).

So as great as all of this has been and how exited I am, my boss asked me the other day if I wanted a Teaching Assistant. I figured that since I was a student employee I would be on my own with the class, so I was exited to hear about this option. At first I had no idea who I could ask to do it or who would be interested, but I spoke with my boss about it and he named some individuals from the class that I TAed for him that would be good. As he went through the names, I immediately knew who I wanted to have be my TA.

Chance would have it that I ran into her the next day at the lab and asked her about it. She was available and thought is would be fun but wanted some time to think about it. Today she got back to me, I have my TA! I am exited and she is probably a little nervous (at least i was when I TAed). Now, I hope that everything goes well. My most difficult trial will be keeping her well informed about her responsibilities and the material we cover (we are covering some material that was not covered in her class, but it is only a minimal amount of material).

Here we go!