Meeeeow (says Frank)
Poster Session tonight went quite well. I think our poster turned out ok, even if it ended up being an All-Star Salute to Clip Art.
I jammed the Woods Hall copier no less than 5 times while trying to print a mere 25 brochures to go with our poster.
I've been thinking about the answers to my quiz. Everyone seems to think I want to go to London, and I'm starting to suspect that was my *real* answer...I just didn't know it yet.
Students are whining nonstop. I've had so many requests for makeup assignments and extra credit--I've vowed that I will not cave to anyone. There is one girl who I have for two classes that is seriously ill, as in hospitalized (not dying, but she's sick) and *she* emailed to apologize, not to beg for more time. That kept me from even considering giving in to the other losers. They had all semester...I will be strong...
I gave an informal evaluation/call for suggestions in Level 6 today, and the results were pretty good. Some people had gripes, but the overall tone was positive. That made me feel pretty good.
I have the following left to complete and my semester is done:
One project. (Heh)
One unit for computer assisted language learning (this should take an hour tops)
Lots of lesson plans
my folders for the classes I taught (materials, reflective writings etc)
Reading class final to write
Oral Skills Final to write and schedule
And right now, one massive combination literature review and observational essay--I have no other way to really describe it. It's a paper on culture shock, which is part research, and part interview with people who experienced it. I can get away with this because it is a culture class, and my prof wanted some sort of incorporation of pseudo-research into our lit reviews, if that is what we insisted on doing. I have to get this put together by Saturday morning, and I fear it will be a giant piece of crap.
I'm going to do my best and get it out of my sight.
I jammed the Woods Hall copier no less than 5 times while trying to print a mere 25 brochures to go with our poster.
I've been thinking about the answers to my quiz. Everyone seems to think I want to go to London, and I'm starting to suspect that was my *real* answer...I just didn't know it yet.
Students are whining nonstop. I've had so many requests for makeup assignments and extra credit--I've vowed that I will not cave to anyone. There is one girl who I have for two classes that is seriously ill, as in hospitalized (not dying, but she's sick) and *she* emailed to apologize, not to beg for more time. That kept me from even considering giving in to the other losers. They had all semester...I will be strong...
I gave an informal evaluation/call for suggestions in Level 6 today, and the results were pretty good. Some people had gripes, but the overall tone was positive. That made me feel pretty good.
I have the following left to complete and my semester is done:
One project. (Heh)
One unit for computer assisted language learning (this should take an hour tops)
Lots of lesson plans
my folders for the classes I taught (materials, reflective writings etc)
Reading class final to write
Oral Skills Final to write and schedule
And right now, one massive combination literature review and observational essay--I have no other way to really describe it. It's a paper on culture shock, which is part research, and part interview with people who experienced it. I can get away with this because it is a culture class, and my prof wanted some sort of incorporation of pseudo-research into our lit reviews, if that is what we insisted on doing. I have to get this put together by Saturday morning, and I fear it will be a giant piece of crap.
I'm going to do my best and get it out of my sight.