Boy, I have not posted here in a long time. Sorry about that. I think most of you will have seen my somewhat more regular facebook updates. The quick synopsis ( Read more... )

I only teach two days a week this semester, so I've finished my first week of classes. Yes, I'm spoiled. And to further spoil me, this class is shaping up to be awesome. The students are, to a person, excited about the topic; they're bright and hardworking; they come from a variety of majors and backgrounds, so they have different and interesting ( Read more... )

End of the summer. The first day of classes looms ahead like a brick wall. The tasks I planned to accomplish this summer now have a very limited time window for completion. Some of them will inevitably be pushed off to fall weekends, or winter break, or next summer ( Read more... )

We have just 2-3 weeks of classes left. Everyone's tired. Me, I'm particularly tired of some irritating student tricks ( Read more... )