Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Upgrade Downgrade

Ever felt an upgrade that felt like a downgrade?

Since it's the Dean's plan to improve the College's performance by focusing on the first year students, he'd often said (to Vice-Chancellors, Assist. Deans, etc.) during meetings that he'd assigned good performing professors to the first years.

I was assigned to handle next semester's Legal Profession and Legal Research, both first year first semester subjects, along with Election Law, a second year first semester subject, a subject I formerly handled.

A fellow professor had already told me that this was an upgrade, that the Dean saw me fit for his plans of upgrading the first years.

Yet why do I feel like I was given a demotion (after handling last semester's Public Corporation, a third year subject)?

I worry over what other people would say when they ask me what subjects I handled because some people base a professor's performance through the assigned subjects. ;)

Am I too unfit for serious subjects? ;(

Oh well. I hope the Dean didn't lose confidence in me and that he did assign subjects based on his glorious plans of improvement.

I'd like teaching Legal Profession and Legal Research anyway as not much brain would be needed during class. ;)

10 units. Aja aja!