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So, I resumed teaching again today, starting my 3rd quarter at the college with yet another batch of students. It’s an interesting mix of classes. The total students I have in each class ranges from 20 in one class to 2 in another. And, that’s right, I said 2. Only two students are taking my evening Accounting 102 class, which I will not begin teaching until tomorrow.

I’ve been eyeing the class for a while and had noticed that only two students were signed up, so  I kept figuring that the class would get dropped if more students didn’t add it (which happened to me last quarter when only 3 students were signed up for a class). However, apparently since it’s a low-enrollment program and both students are on schedule the school has decided to have the class anyway. Granted, I can’t exactly complain seeing as this merely means more money in my pocket, but it just kinda feels like it’ll be awkward, doesn’t it?

As in, how exactly do I approach teaching a class with only two students? Do I just lecture as normal and pretend I have a full audience out there even though there are only two students? What about when a student is absent? Does it make more sense to just sit with them and treat it as a tutoring session?

Oh, and I already feel like my professionalism is being put to the test because I’m being given a major incentive not to give the students poor grades. Because, well, if I give them both poor grades and they decide to drop the course I will be out that job for the quarter.

Is it noble or sad that I would totally still fail them anyway?

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