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[quote=Anonymous]I did it twice, once for a semester and once for a year.

I was asked by faculty to fill in for them.
I got it okayed by my supervisor and left in the middle of the day to go teach then come back and work late. I also took time to have an office hour. You plan, grade and communicate with students on off hours. However it was easy for me to deal with stuff while working my regular job because you never really are busy for all hours of the day.

I enjoyed it a lot. Nice change of pace. Liked being on beautiful campuses.

My husband did as well, went about similarly but courses were all online and he was already working remotely. He did it a lot longer than I did and got sick of it and gave that up but kept his regular job.

I think a few semesters are fine but everyone I know who has taught long-term has dealt with some hard or strange things such as student stalkers, grade challenges, problems they're having at home and mental health issues. I did see a couple of things that troubled me but it was just a hint of it (drug abuse in one student) and not enough to report it.

Friends all say students are having a harder time with mental health issues. I would say go for it but be aware that there can be issues. It was helpful for me to know a couple of the others in the department that I could talk to.[/quote]

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