September 8, 2006
Welcome Back (to Bad First Days)
In some ways, Kristél P. Kemmerer's first day of college teaching five years ago was great. Thinking she was still on summer vacation, she didn't bother to show up for class.
"I had just switched universities," she laughs, "and I missed the e-mails" about the semester's beginning. "I started teaching a week after everyone else." She did, however, notice something amiss. "I thought a lot of students were floating around campus for that time of year."
Ms. Kemmerer, now
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