TEACHING PRO BONO

Usually I sign my quarterly contract a few days before the quarter begins. But alas, today is the fourth day of class and I still have not signed my contract. When I first received it, I took it home to compare it with the last fall (same time span, same number of contact hours) and found it to be some 12% less per paycheck. We are studying percents in my math classes so I thought about using this as a real life math example, but I forget the conversion between peanuts, the currency I'm paid in, and real people money. Not that I'm complaining. I rather like peanuts. And I got some complimentary dry erase markers from the bookstore too, which makes everything alright.