September 9, 2005

Notes From a Career in Teaching

By MURRAY SPERBER

I taught my first college class in 1964, at College of the Holy Names, now Holy Names University, in Oakland, Calif. I knew almost nothing about teaching, did a lousy job, and was not rehired for the next semester. My last teaching position was at Indiana University at Bloomington in 2004. After the spring semester, I retired as a professor amid much praise from students, colleagues, and teaching professionals.

Over those four decades, my teaching had clearly improved. What,

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