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It's Called Survival Mode
How do you celebrate all papers turned in and all grades posted? By catching up on Xanga subscriptions and your clogged inbox and killing the morning watching awful Youtube offerings of course. My brain is still recove… -
Papers and PUPPS--and not the cute kind
I had insane aspirations of spending only twenty minutes per paper, grading a batch of student submissions this weekend. The first one took more than an hour. I'm now at the halfway point and picking up a bit of speed.… -
Ziplock Let Me Down
I'm quite particular about keeping my generic Gladware lunch containers in a Ziplock bag to prevent any spills in my larger computer/book/life bag. Then yesterday I brought home a box of curried quinoa that had sat in t… -
Star Students
Just a few words to report on my life this week. School has started and my schedule has been changing daily. Last Saturday I spent the day at an instructor orientation which I learned too late was NOT required, but one… -
Red Tents and Ladders
This morning I heard the regrettable news of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones' death. The stories covering her life and death haven't mentioned her work for which I remember her, The Second Chance Act of 2007. Last fall I wr… -
Writing Lab Reflections
I realized today as I sat here pecking away about Mary Astell and Sarah Fielding that I have only four more tutoring sessions to go before that part of my school experience is over. I'll be in the Writing Lab again next… -
School's [Almost] Out!
If I dare say so, as of today I am through the bottle-neck of semester's end anxiety and am heading down the home stretch. All my presentations have been given. One of three large projects has been submitted and the ot… -
Dear Diary
What a week. If I made a list of the good things and the not-so-good, the good things list would definitely be the longer of the two. But instead of making lists, I am writing a blog post that doesn't even quite earn t… -
Why Does the Universe Hate Me?
Okay, before you start pointing out how many things are wrong with that question, let me explain that I had about two days when my fall schedule could not have been more ideal before one class changed and everything had … -
Spring Planting Makes Everything Okay
Yesterday I experienced frustration to a degree that brought me unprecedented levels of anger. What made it worse was the lack of a singular person to blame. We'll just say it felt as though someone casually struck a m…
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