The Pedantic Professor’s Weary Tales

Perhaps more than most jobs I have undertaken in my time, I have found teaching developmental math at a community college to be the widest mix of emotional and mental extremes.  Maybe that is too specific…teaching in general has shown me many new experiences.  I know that certain pressures and stresses are to be expected as a professor.  After all, I have the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of 75 people in my hands at the beginning of every new semester.  Add to this mix my debilitating characteristic of being unable to sympathize with the emotional needs of others, and let the madness ensue.  This is the beginning of a story, and I do not know where it may lead.  If you are reading this now, at the very beginning, allow me to welcome you to a tale of professors and students, a story about frustrations and aspirations, a narrative of life as a 22 year old college professor.

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