Lecture and tutorial demos

This week there were lecture demos for the search for a replacement for boss M's position as Genetics lecturer. I went to sit for some. So I heard the sickle-cell and malaria example and Hardy-Weinberg law several times (as well as koalas, kookaburas and possums, very Australian hehe). Not bad, I need to be reminded about teaching styles as I might give demos in the next few weeks myself.

Yesterday afternoon I started to write up answers for sample problems for two undergraduate courses: Vector Calculus and Complex Variables. I found myself breezing through the first few problems, but later on got stumped on several ones. On some items I knew how to answer them, but the theory got lost.

Went to the library to harvest dusty textbooks to backtrack on theorems to justify my solutions in these problems. I suddenly felt nostalgic, felt how much I missed teaching, and the process of preparation for lectures.

I am certain I want to teach in a university again.