We got our official teaching assignments for the upcoming year (Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring/Summer 2022). I get to coordinate STAT 213 in the fall again, teach a section of MATH 249 (calculus), and teach STAT 321 (the class that I’m teaching for the first time in a few weeks). In the winter, I’m teaching MATH 249 again and STAT 327, which I’ve taught once before. Then I’m off in the spring and teaching STAT 323 in the summer.

That’s a pretty good teaching schedule!

I honestly don’t know which class I like teaching more: intro stats or intro calculus. I was really nervous the first time I taught calculus, but now I love it just as much as intro stats. Or more. I can’t tell, haha.

We also are planning on teaching in person in the fall, which is terrifying. Those of us < 40 years old with no pre-existing health conditions will not have our first vaccination slots open up until June and we may not get vaccinated until the end of June depending on when our appointments are (Alberta’s goal is to have all adults get their first shot by the end of June, but I suspect it’s going to be madness when that big final “<40 with no health conditions” demographic opens up). And because of Canada’s “we’re waiting four months between vaccine shots because ?????” policy, that means that I may not have my second shot until we’re like a month into the fall semester.

I know I’m not going to feel comfortable standing in front of 300-some-odd students and teaching if I’ve only got my first shot (and most of them only have their first shot). Not to mention the hallways.

I really hope the U of C changes their mind on that, because I’m sure I’m not the only one who doesn’t feel comfortable with that plan.

I guess we’ll see though.