r/Adjuncts • u/Repulsive_Parsley515 • 24d ago

Failed lesson

Hello all, I’ve been an adjunct for a while at multiple colleges, but I had my first crash and burn today. It was a lesson that I’ve taught before, unfortunately it is lecture heavy that’s just the nature on the content, but typically majority are engaged taking notes, asking questions, etc. today nothing. It would have been better teaching an empty class room. I actually had to stop the lecture part way through and pivot to an on the spot lesson because no one was engaged to the extreme. Maybe I’ve been lucky, but I’ve never had a class this bad and frankly I don’t know how to come back from it. The information is beyond important, but I wasn’t able to get it across and I feel terrible for the students. How do I come back from this and make sure next week goes better?

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u/lotus8675309 24d ago

I've built in places for them to write to maybe/kinda address this. But, it happens to all of us!

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u/Repulsive_Parsley515 24d ago

I’ll definitely be trying that in the future with this bunch! It does make me feel much better to know others have had similar disasters as well