I received a phone call one summer day. It was from Western Iowa Tech (hereafter referred to as “WIT.”) The voice on the other end was a guy named Mark who wanted to know if I was still interested in teaching psychology at WIT. I couldn’t remember if I had ever shown an interest in teaching there. Later, when he showed me my application, I slightly recalled having filled it out - probably under the influence of the Blue Bunny, my nemesis from the freezer section of my local grocery.
We had an interesting half hour discussion. I filled out a couple of more papers, some government looking stuff and other papers that looked like they'd been around since the days of mimeographs. The next thing I knew, I was signed up to teach Introduction to Sociology. He gave me a text book and several supplementary volumes with pre-written test questions, extra readings I could do and a copy of what looked like the textbook but on cheaper paper.
I toted these home, dropped them on the floor and sought solace in the freezer.
Two days later, he called again and asked, "Do you think you could handle Introduction to Psychology?" I answered in the affirmative and went back to WIT, picked up a similar pile of books and retreated to the freezer again.
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