Loren Van BurenCHEP

@gmeers

I have just finished going through this material in a couple of my classes.  The examples and processes used in this module will be useful in these classes.

Lectures can be informative and can hold the attention of the class, but, I find that being engaging helps. I walk into the class, address students who seem distracted, puzzled, bored. I don't work from the podium.

As I proceed through the outline, I am constantly looking for ways to edit and add to my instructional material in order to make it more accurate and poignent. I don't believe that a class should be exactly the same in consecutive presentations.

I feel we often get so wrapped up in the warm and fuzzy aspects of our interaction that we may not convey the reality of the transition into the work place. Certainly, we need to be receptive and concerned, but, once into the work place, the question for the graduate/employee is did we prepare them to shrug off and grow from disappointment, aggression, challenges, and all those elements that are part of work where few are going to throw their arm around us and reassure us that it will be alright.