Posted in College, English, Students, Teaching on Jun 18th, 2007 28 Comments »
Having made it through the whirlwind of WEEK ONE of summer school, here’s where things stand:
THE GOOD
Each of my classes is full, and most of my students appear to be motivated for the rigors of summer session.
It only took three days to get the keys I needed to get into the classrooms I’m using.
The parking [...]
Posted in College, Education, English, Teaching, Writing on Jun 7th, 2007 24 Comments »
Summer Session Countdown: T-Minus 4 Days
I think I have the most of what I’m going to need for my first week of school squared away. The job has been made a bit easier by the recent, bad weather: there’s been no temptation to wile away my time in the sun while gazing at the [...]
Summer Session Countdown: T-Minus 6 Days
I spent the better part of yesterday revamping the Web site I use to augment my English classes. It is one of the things I seem to do on an almost semester-by-semester basis, yet someplace in the back of my mind, I know the site doesn’t get used to [...]
Posted in Teaching on Jun 3rd, 2007 22 Comments »
Summer Session Start Countdown: T-Minus 8 Days
A new semester is approaching, and I’m at the stage during which I begin to awake in the middle of the night from either odd dreams about teaching, or things I must remember to get done before the session begins.
Last night’s wake-up call had to do with my arriving [...]