As a middle university teacher, I sporadically agree to take on the not-so-coveted task of teaching Summer university.
I care about what I do and I care about my students, however Summer university means laboring with kids who usually have behavioral concerns in a particularly moderate classroom.
In the past, I have used two or three fans that are running always. And some nights I have taken the class outside for a lesson, however there are usually too many distractions outside to keep their attention. But this year I decided to look into purchasing my own portable a/c. What I found on some sites was that they are better than a fan, however not much. Other sites claimed that portable a/cs are larger, noisier, more fancy and use more energy… Unlike a window a/c, all the mechanical parts of a portable a/c are sitting in the room you’re trying to cool. And it’s debatable how portable they are, because once the hose is connected to the kit in the window, you won’t want to transport the unit, which weighs 74 pounds or more. I also study that although portable a/cs have wheels, they don’t transport well on rugs or over raised thresholds between rooms. Finally, one website stated that if a portable a/c is the only choice, you still need fans to distribute the cooled air around the room. In the end, it seemed that there were too many strikes against purchasing a portable a/c. The final straw was the price, which would have almost cancelled out the income that I would make from teaching Summer university.