HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

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 Accepted Answer ✓
Your 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
Err, 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.