u/National_Account9401

Hi everyone,

I'm 21 years old (turning 22) and I've recently been hired as a college instructor at the same university where I just graduated. I'll be teaching first-year students, mainly:

• IT Fundamentals
• A General Education IT-related course

This is my first teaching job, and I'm both excited and nervous.

My biggest concern isn't the subject matter—I spent the past few months carefully preparing my course specifications, learning outcomes, lecture plans, laboratory activities, assessments, and teaching materials.

What worries me is classroom management and establishing authority. Many of my students will only be one or two years younger than me, and some might even know me from when I was a student.

For instructors who started teaching at a young age:

1. How did you establish authority without being overly strict?
2. What classroom rules worked best during the first few weeks?
3. How do you prevent students from taking advantage of your age?
4. Any mistakes you made that you wish you had avoided?
5. Since I'll be teaching IT Fundamentals, what topics or activities usually engage first-year students the most?

I'd really appreciate any advice or lessons learned from your first year of teaching. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm 21 years old (turning 22) and I've recently been hired as a college instructor at the same university where I just graduated. I'll be teaching first-year students, mainly:

• IT Fundamentals
• A General Education IT-related course

This is my first teaching job, and I'm both excited and nervous.

My biggest concern isn't the subject matter—I spent the past few months carefully preparing my course specifications, learning outcomes, lecture plans, laboratory activities, assessments, and teaching materials.

What worries me is classroom management and establishing authority. Many of my students will only be one or two years younger than me, and some might even know me from when I was a student.

For instructors who started teaching at a young age:

1. How did you establish authority without being overly strict?
2. What classroom rules worked best during the first few weeks?
3. How do you prevent students from taking advantage of your age?
4. Any mistakes you made that you wish you had avoided?
5. Since I'll be teaching IT Fundamentals, what topics or activities usually engage first-year students the most?

I'd really appreciate any advice or lessons learned from your first year of teaching. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some objective advice because my anxiety is getting the better of me.

I’m 21M and my girlfriend is 20F. Based on her period tracker, her last period was around May 3–7, and her predicted period started around June 6. As of today, she’s about 4 days late.

We had sex about three times this cycle, including around the app’s predicted fertile window/ovulation days.

Every single time:

We used condoms from start to finish

The condoms never broke, slipped, or came off

I never ejaculated inside her

I always withdrew before ejaculation

Most of the time I finished through oral sex

I urinated before sex

After sex, I filled the condoms with water to check for leaks and found none

My main concern is whether precum could have leaked from the base of the condom, even though there was no obvious condom failure and I never finished inside her.

Current symptoms:

Sore and sensitive breasts

Nipple sensitivity

Low back pain

Bloating

Mood swings / irritability

Several “false alarms” where she feels like her period is about to start, but nothing happens

Creamy white discharge one day, then little to none the next day

Other possible factors:

Stress and anxiety

Irregular sleep

Physical strain from frequent long motorcycle rides

Mild flu/cough recently

She has had long and irregular cycles before

I know PMS symptoms can be similar to early pregnancy symptoms, but her symptoms also sound like what she usually gets before her period. Since we used condoms correctly and there was no breakage or slipping, I’m leaning toward a delayed cycle rather than pregnancy, but I’d appreciate honest input.

Has anyone experienced:

A period being delayed several days with strong PMS symptoms?

Discharge appearing one day and disappearing the next before a late period?

Stress, illness, sleep changes, or physical strain delaying a cycle?

Thanks in advance.