So.  I have been working on my presentation for my L.A. class this Thursday pretty much through the weekend (which sucked balls, because I flew up to Knoxville to visit my friend Liz and her fiance Nate and their babies--by which I mean their two dogs, LuLu & Yogi, and their two cats, Elwood and Princess Peach--and also to go to the Knoxville ( Read more... )

 Y'know, all I want is to get through this semester.

WHY ARE MY PROFS NOT COOPERATING GODDAMMIT?!?!?

Is there something inherently unfair about NOT wanting to do three 8-9 papers that add not only to an already bloated reading list (hi there, 12 and 10 REQUIRED books for two of my classes), but also to the amount of writing I'm doing (450 word write- ( Read more... )

It has occurred to me that I may have dived into the deep end of the Academic Pool a little less cautiously than I had first believed.

Or: Holy fuckballs, there are not enough hours in the day to read all of this heavy, tedious and esoteric shit WTFWASITHINKINGPLEASE FUCKINGKILLMENOW.

I have to read a hell of a lot before Monday, including 1 book, 5 ( Read more... )

 Soooooo...not impressed with my second Ed prof.  Enough so that I currently write to you all while I sit in class, during an "Oral Case Study Q & A," something I have refrained from doing since I started this program out of respect.

I ended my first class with high expectations, and was severely underwhelmed last night.

She had us read PowerPoint ( Read more... )

 Soooooooooooo...as of tomorrow at 4 pm, I will officially have one class of my four summer classes down for the count.  Yay?

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Am in the process of finishing up my Unit Plan.  I'm rather pleased with it--hell, I may use it once I start teaching my bobos.

(And if you don't know what a Unit Plan is...don't worry about it.  You don't have to know it ( Read more... )