Yea!

I've got the times I wanted for library tours for my classes. That's a whole week without lesson plans or active teaching. All I've got to do is lead them to the tour guide and follow to make sure no one "gets lost" during the tour. There will be attendance before and after. If the lists don't match, the final list counts.

So, not a bad thing, really. And I've got ideas from office mates on how to spend even more class time in one-on-one types of things. I can help the kids who care, without expending a lot of energy on the ones who don't.

A note. When I am in a faculty member's office installing software and fixing printer problems, I am not available for student counseling. This is the second time one of my students has wandered around looking for me when I am not on call. Hell, I don't even have office hours on Wed. This same kid came once at 9 when the office hours start at 9:30. Hello. I'm eating breakfast now, and am not on call yet. Come back in half an hour. Bye-bye! But no, he had to talk to me.

This time was slightly different. There I was, with my other IT knights, fixing a prof's computer/printer. The kid comes to hover around the door, apparently waiting for someone. I saw him come into the suite, and nodded before turning back to work. Maybe he misinterpreted the nod to mean "I'll be with you in a moment." It meant "can't you see I'm busy?"

One of my colleagues notices that he's still hovering (I had not noticed this), and asked him if we could help him:

Colleague: Can we help you?
Student: I need to talk to Ms. Mira about my paper.
Mira: My office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the times are posted online. I'll talk to you then.
Student: But do you have time now? It's important.
Mira: I'm working my second job right now, and no, there is no time for this. My office hours are the appropriate time and place for talking about your paper. Come back then.
Student: Well how soon can I see you?
Mira: My office hours are right after our class tomorrow. Or you can email me.
Student: Oh. [reluctantly leaves]

Please note that there has been no email. Obviously, it wasn't that important.

I am SO not teaching a class next semester. Grading all the way. 10 for IT, 10 for DI. Every day reveals a reason to me.

So why did the chicken cross the road?
Samuel

To escape the Amalekites.

Kings/Chronicles

To establish the chicken’s kingdom for him and his descendants forever.

McCulley, Darrell A. "Historical-Critical Method Should Apply to Classics, Too." Spectrum 26 September 1997: 3.

Love and Peace (and library trips)