This will be my first course I've ever taught. I know the material and am confident that I have the ability to teach it. I'm just not sure I can handle the lecturing part of it. And answering random questions doesn't thrill me. How do I handle this??

Some of this module was a little too much for me. I mean that if you're teaching adult students at a college level, they should be responsible for their own actions. This is college. These are grown-ups. There is no need to baby them. They should be able to comprehend what is expected of them after the first day of class. If they can't, then their grade will reflect that.

What are you supposed to do if students keep challenging you because you're a young teacher and much younger than those students being taught? How do you deal with that and fix the problem?? I need to gain the respect of my students, but I don't know how to accomplish that when all they do is judge me for my age...

If you decide to be so strict at the beginning of your class, in order to scare your students out of screwing up, will there be more class participation in the long run, or less, than if you were playing "the nice guy"?