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[octave]

I knew a professor once, a bit of a relic, whose graduate class was canceled when nobody signed up for it, and who was notified a day before the semester started that he would instead be teaching a section of freshman composition.  Not having a syllabus prepared, he decided he would devote the semester to collecting all university memoranda that came his way, and handing them out to his students to improve.  Then, to really endear himself to everybody, he packaged them up and sent them back to the offices whence they came.

[edumacator]

I'm back on the roster for next fall's schedule.  Two evening courses again.  Fingers crossed that the classes make their enrollment goals this time.

[sourapples]

I had two classes cancelled on the last day of school.  I received a phone call at home from my supervisor and I had a few words with her because the notice was out of boundaries with the employment agreement.  They are mandated to give us at least two weeks, I think.  Anyways, I demanded that I be placed in a very similar assignment and thankfully, it happened for me. 

I also am a student at a community college across town, preparing for a career change into the financial sector.  My professor probably has no idea about his course assignment until the last minute.  In fact, our schedule for the next course reads,"TBA". 

I wish I could say that I was in the same situation as "edumacator" and already had a full time job and that adjunct teaching was an extra means of income.  But I am truly in survival mode, teaching these courses to pay my bills.  My advice for people contemplating teaching in academia, or trade school or anywhere else is that it is best to have other options so that if you burn out, you won't have to teach in order to keep feeding yourself. 

[pasvorto]

I was notified this week that a class I was to teach at a local university, starting May 18, was cancelled. Last week I was offered a different class next Fall, so I'm not completely out. Fortunately, I too, have a full time job and I am doing the adjunct thing because I enjoy teaching and I need to pay off my student loans (for my MBA).