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Dina:
Hi Weirdlets! (((((((everyone))))))))
This week is the last week of classes of the semester. We have a class for consultation and then the exam and I will be class-free for the rest of the year. It will be less stressful but I will miss it. I love teaching.

Also, I am to be in the board for choosing student AT (the entry level for teaching at my university, candidates have to be still doing the career). We (the board) are doing a few meetings to agree with the criteria (marks given for each achievement). There are a few things that are fixed by regulations, but the "fine details" are to our discretion. The actual meeting with the students won't be until after the Winter holidays, but we need to sort out several things before that.

Regenbogen:
Cool, so you get to choose the students?

Enjoy the last week.

Today I got cherries from a friend's tree. They have to be eaten soon, because they are very ripe.

Dina:
Yum, fresh cherries  :)

Every teaching position in my university is by a "concurso". I think I told you about that when it was my job that I needed to renew. In short, all the candidates are evaluated by their CV and a mock class (in this case, 15 minutes of explaining a problem) and then they are ranked according to said evaluation. The first ones got the job (in this case. 6 jobs are available). So in this case I am one of the evaluators. That is why we need to agree in the criteria, like how many points will a student get for having good grades, or for having presented a work in a scientific meeting, or for having a position in a laboratory? Things like that.

Regenbogen:
Ah, OK,  I think I understand.

We have two interns currently. Usually we only have one. But they changed a bit of the organisation and the teaching and this is the first year of the new curriculum, so the one intern is from the old system and the second intern from the new one.
The first intern is in another department since today, so the overlap is over. The second one is still here. It was nice working with both of them, because they already were of great help. Would have been bad, if they came at the same time not knowing anything.

Dina:
I can see the problem in training two interns at the same time. It seem you were lucky.
It's the first intern happy  with the change? I assume as you usually had one intern that intern2 won't be overwhelmed having to be the only one.

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