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Ask HN: Why do new profs think they can teach the same class more than once?
Why do they think they would be able to handle the repetition?
- twangist 4y agoYour question suggests that older profs know that they can't. More generally your question presupposes falsehoods. New profs think they can because, clearly, they can; it happens every year.
- jleyank 4y agoErr, why would they not be able to teach the same class to a new cohort the next time it's taught? Yeah, it's a little repetitive, but how interesting can you make intro-to-$SCIENCE. Profs, usually junior profs, have been doing this at uni for ever.