I teach during the summers in Boston, two classes in fact. one in web development and one in robotics. I've taught the former for 8 years now and the latter for 3, and suffice to say I am getting bored with the webcourse. Not coincidentally I guess is the fact that I got a real negative feedback a few days ago about my teaching style, which I am still puzzling over. I've been teaching this for so long that perhaps I am blinded by routine, but I've also gotten accustomed to recommendations and suggestions that are often diamterically opposed. Some say it is too easy, some say it's too hard, others say I should follow the textbook closer, others say I need to not cover textbook material.

In anycase the bottom line is you can't please everyone all the time, and I stopped trying a while ago. Still, it is a downer to get negative feedback regardless of its validity. I spoke to my supervisor and we both agreed next year I will move on and teach another, more advanced class. The robotics class I have been getting high marks, so I will continue to teach that. I just have to figure out another course to teach!