{"id":8779,"date":"2014-03-19T08:50:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2014-03-18T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:41:40","slug":"know-your-profs-camosun-college-instructor-larry-lees-classroom-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/03\/19\/know-your-profs-camosun-college-instructor-larry-lees-classroom-chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Profs<\/em>: Camosun College instructor Larry Lee\u2019s classroom chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs<\/i> is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Every issue we ask a different instructor the same 10 questions. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll get on it.<\/p>\n

This time around we caught up with chemistry instructor Larry Lee and talked about mentoring, how he won\u2019t reveal his true birthday, and passing notes in class.<\/p>\n

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Camosun\u2019s Larry Lee would rather see students pass notes, \u201clike the good old days,\u201d than text in class (photo by Jill Westby\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1: What do you teach and how long have you been a teacher at Camosun?<\/i><\/p>\n

I have been at Camosun as a continuing faculty member since August 2006. Before that I was at UVic heading the Chemistry co-op program and taught as a term instructor at Camosun since 2002. I teach College Chemistry, general first-year Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.<\/p>\n

2: What do you personally get out of teaching?<\/i><\/p>\n

It was a lifelong dream to be a teacher. I had really good relationships with my teachers and mentors. I get my satisfaction by seeing students benefiting from me. It\u2019s even more satisfying to hear from my past students and hear them talk about their success stories. I hope to make a difference in a student learning experience.<\/p>\n

3: What\u2019s one thing you wish your students knew about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

I am really approachable and hopefully can benefit from my abilities to serve as a mentor.<\/p>\n

4: What\u2019s one thing you wish they didn\u2019t know about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

I hope students don\u2019t know my actual age and my birthday. I always tell them that I was born on December 25, but it\u2019s really a different day that I will keep as a secret.<\/p>\n

5: What\u2019s the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

The best thing that ever happened is getting hired as a continuing faculty member. Camosun is one of the best employers, and this has become my second home. I am very comfortable at work as I really like the students and my colleagues<\/p>\n

6: What\u2019s the worst thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

I was given Fisher 100 for CHEM 110 (before the new update). The classroom seated over 100 people, but I only had 30 students and few didn\u2019t often show up. It\u2019s disheartening to have an almost empty class.\u0118On top of this, the data screen covered the white board. I normally use both and it just threw me off completely. It was a comical juggling act that I hope will never, ever be repeated.<\/p>\n

7: What do you see in the future of postsecondary education?<\/i><\/p>\n

I hope that the government cutbacks will eventually stop. Each year, we are always faced with cutbacks. I hope that the government will reconsider how they finance postsecondary and give faculty an opportunity to serve students better with funding for space, instructional assistance, and capital funding.<\/p>\n

8: What do you do to relax on the weekends?<\/i><\/p>\n

I enjoy being with my wife and son. We do family things like head out to the park or have a play date with one of his friends.<\/p>\n

9: What\u2019s your favourite meal?<\/i><\/p>\n

I love sushi, and can be found eating at Sen Zushi very often.<\/p>\n

10: What\u2019s your biggest pet peeve?<\/i><\/p>\n

There are two. The first is smoking in public place. I sneeze too frequently that it\u2019s sometimes hard for me to breathe. The other pet peeve is seeing students distracted with texting in a classroom. I even prefer if students pass notes around just like the good old days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Every issue we ask a different instructor the same 10 questions. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll get on it. This time around we caught up with chemistry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-march-19-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t