If I have an off day at Microsoft, no one even notices. It's like if Seattle got 250 days of rain instead of the usual 249. People are utterly desensitized to the rain, and they're not going to notice a little more. So is it with my occasionally adding to the collective incompetence at work. Mine is a tinny fart in a deafening flatulence chorus.
Not so with teaching. You're farting solo.
I conducted a truly lousy class today. I'd say I lost 'em, but I never really had 'em. They stared at me like I stare at my dog, Ed, when she won't stop pacing. Kinda a combination of irritation and even greater irritation. It was mortifying, in that "can't stop babbling during an interview" way. I sucked, I knew I sucked, and I couldn't stop sucking.
I missed this?