Ahh, so the short lived stent as an adjunct you attribute more to the pay scale that you mentioned, and not so much to the rejection of any suspected conservative political leanings that the college board may be quick to hold against an adjunct. Thx, very much.
Yes, I think most adjuncts do not return for another semester because teaching is so much more exhausting than they thought it would be. Of the ones who do return, it is usually because they want to get a full-time gig, want to indoctrinate students with leftist ideas, or they just naturally took to teaching fairly easily and it is was not too overwhelming for them the first time trying it.
I would suggest going slow with bringing in the conservative points—you will just be too overwhelmed by the planning of lectures, exercises, test, and grading. Keep a journal of your reflections and whenever something along the lines of, “What I should have said or brought up X” occurs to you when you are driving, showering, etc. write it down as soon as you can so you put it into your lesson plans for the next semester.
I taught for a bit full time and then taught adjunct when I got a full time job doing something else. It was just too exhausting to do both. If I did not have to work, I would try teaching again.
I get the impression that a lot of the Freepers on this particular forum are older than I and retired. I think as long as one is a spry senior citizen one could handle a class and convince the department chairperson that one has the energy to teach. I often saw adjuncts 40 years older than myself back when I was teaching.