Michael Tryon

As a parent with a child who has had life long medical problems that continue today I have had my share of stress. Remedy? Stay busy, keep your day full of activities that don't allow you time to feel sorry for yourself. You are not the person with the medical problem. This keeps me focused on life and I find I am a much better parent with more energy and support for my 36 year old son. Work can be a cure especially for depression and stress. This is how I cope!

When administration pretends to know the topic I teach but are glaringly clueless the choices they make can be thunderously ignorant. This is where I am required to do their job for them by teaching students content that was clearly designed to be taught after they were given basic concepts. Stress!

I try to put everything into a plastic file cabinet for each course I teach. It is portable, easy to organize and I have all the tests, answers, quizes, hand outs and assigments all in one quick and easy access. I keep only the originals and copy them for distribution as needed.

When assigning completion times to tasks I consider how long it should take then allow a litle extra time for those who just don't quite get things so quick. I find learning new topics very difficult and need time to focus and understand the material. Students learn at different speeds just like me.