Topic: Bang Your Head on Your Desk - the thread of teaching despair!

[sinenomine]

Some schools also "sell" their open seats through programs like Acadeum to raise enrollments and revenue.

[Larimar]

Another day, another round of technology issues. Plural.

Yeah, welcome to the new semester.

[the_geneticist]

Classes start in less than 2 weeks. 

Do we have enough TAs? Nope
Am I being asked to increase the number of lab sections? Yes
For the [baskets 101 for baskets majors] that is required for several majors? Nope
For the [baskets are neat 100] class that checks a gen Ed box and no one is required to take? Yes, that one

A Deanlet has seen the waitlist numbers and has taken a "personal interest". 

[the_geneticist]

Sorry for the double-post.

I emailed assigned TAs to ask which sections they would prefer so I can set the schedule.  Instructions were to number them as #1 being first choice & #12 being last choice.

TA ranked ALL sections as #12.

I'm going to take it as "I have no preference, any days or times is just fine" rather than "I really don't want to teach any of these".