The semester is grinding to a halt, and I realized that, regardless of the readings, and the classroom implementation of various pedagogical concepts (which I'm sure will be very contributory to my future practice), I was still moderately apprehensive about entering a classroom of my own. So, I decided that if I really wanted to do something, I should learn from someone who excelled in that field. That idea lead me to interview one of my favorite professors in the CCNY English department.
The interview that I conducted was with Dr. Gladys Carro. being that the meeting was someone impromptu, I decided not to quote her directly because it was ore of a discourse than a traditional interview. The main question that I asked her was "what advice can you give a budding adjunct?" She explained to me that the only way to learn how to do something is by practicing. I then asked her what I should do if I feel inundated with a classroom full of students who are not grasping the material. She smiled and told me to focus on my main goal which is to make sure that their papers are comprehensible.She explained that if I can understand what they are writing, that I can easily introduce the more complicated features of the English language.
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