Open AccessMy First 51 Years Teaching Microbiology at The Community College of Baltimore County
Author(s) -
Gary E. Kaiser
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teaching and learning excellence through scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-8991
DOI - 10.52938/tales.v1i1.1367
Subject(s) - patience , salary , active listening , community college , position (finance) , psychology , medical education , sociology , library science , media studies , medicine , political science , law , social psychology , communication , finance , computer science , economics
I have had just one job interview in my life and it was for the position of Biology Instructor at Catonsville Community College. Having just completed my M.S. Degree at Northern Illinois University, I knew I needed employment because I was moving to Maryland prior to September 1970. After enquiring about the possibility of a teaching position at 4 Maryland community colleges, I was granted an interview at Catonsville Community College. On May 4, 1970, I found myself driving from Illinois to Maryland for a real job interview. I remember the date because I was listening on my car radio to the aftermath of the Kent State shooting earlier that day. The interview apparently went well because I was offered the position beginning in September for the amazing salary of $10,000! My professional life had begun. Armed with little more than a love of microbiology and a lot of patience and desire, I began the journey to hopefully become the best microbiology educator of which I am capable. Fifty-one years later I am still striving for that goal.