approaching normal
that's about where i am at the moment. i'm getting used to this idea that i go in to work every workday of the week, instead of the "graduate 4." always before there's been this third day of the weekend where i can spend half the day just recovering. now there's no such thing, and i've got to get myself trained to spend an hour every day unwinding instead of a longer stretch. it'll be better in the long run, but in the meantime, it's a bugbear to get used to.
the other thing that's taking more time than expected is this mwf schedule of teaching. i did the math. mwf you get all of 150 minutes with the students. tr you get 160. the once-a-week classes give you the whole 180 or so minutes. probably only 170, but i really think you get the whole 3 hrs minus 10 minutes. so i'm getting cheated of somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes a week. plus that, i've got to do the housekeeping stuff more often, things like roll call and q/a and the answering of stupid "i really wasn't listening" questions.
it's no wonder i have a hard time getting all the material covered in each session. i've become one of those teachers who stop exactly at the last minute and then expect the students to do their reflection cards and ask clarifying "what was the homework" questions, and all that after class has officially ended. i've never actually disliked that as a student, unless the prof really thinks s/he is entitled to keep lecturing past class time and takes up 10 extra minutes when i've got busses to catch or other appointments to make.
the one way i've found to get all the mwf stuff done is to plan for less stuff. let me tell you, that bites. i really want them to get it all, because they've paid for it, they deserve it, and they need it to do well on the assignments. i'm not about to cut back on the amount they write, the amount they workshop, the amount they revise. i can't. they won't learn anything at all about writing if they aren't writing. i've already assigned less than i wanted to.
in other news, i've been asked to substitute for a 3000 level class next week. it'll be an experience. mostly, i've just got to guide them through their presentations. but i've been given free reign to do pretty much anything at all in there.
and europa turned out well, i think. it's certainly less than wholesome material, as my mother would put it, but if you know the myth, it becomes more ... abstract. i guess. knowledge of the myth helps you read it as literature and not as bull-smut. i hope. a coworker suggested i continue the trend and write a greek mythology "best of" series of short stories. next would be something like lena and the swan. sadly, i'd thought about that one. with europa, it's not specific whether zeus ravished her in bull form or if he merely used the bull form to kidnap her and then ravished her in bipedal form. lena and the swan get it on with no such vagueness. there's a girl and a swan. period.
ah well. i've got tons more reading to do, a bit of grading, some paperwork. but i live. and all that.
love and peace
the other thing that's taking more time than expected is this mwf schedule of teaching. i did the math. mwf you get all of 150 minutes with the students. tr you get 160. the once-a-week classes give you the whole 180 or so minutes. probably only 170, but i really think you get the whole 3 hrs minus 10 minutes. so i'm getting cheated of somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes a week. plus that, i've got to do the housekeeping stuff more often, things like roll call and q/a and the answering of stupid "i really wasn't listening" questions.
it's no wonder i have a hard time getting all the material covered in each session. i've become one of those teachers who stop exactly at the last minute and then expect the students to do their reflection cards and ask clarifying "what was the homework" questions, and all that after class has officially ended. i've never actually disliked that as a student, unless the prof really thinks s/he is entitled to keep lecturing past class time and takes up 10 extra minutes when i've got busses to catch or other appointments to make.
the one way i've found to get all the mwf stuff done is to plan for less stuff. let me tell you, that bites. i really want them to get it all, because they've paid for it, they deserve it, and they need it to do well on the assignments. i'm not about to cut back on the amount they write, the amount they workshop, the amount they revise. i can't. they won't learn anything at all about writing if they aren't writing. i've already assigned less than i wanted to.
in other news, i've been asked to substitute for a 3000 level class next week. it'll be an experience. mostly, i've just got to guide them through their presentations. but i've been given free reign to do pretty much anything at all in there.
and europa turned out well, i think. it's certainly less than wholesome material, as my mother would put it, but if you know the myth, it becomes more ... abstract. i guess. knowledge of the myth helps you read it as literature and not as bull-smut. i hope. a coworker suggested i continue the trend and write a greek mythology "best of" series of short stories. next would be something like lena and the swan. sadly, i'd thought about that one. with europa, it's not specific whether zeus ravished her in bull form or if he merely used the bull form to kidnap her and then ravished her in bipedal form. lena and the swan get it on with no such vagueness. there's a girl and a swan. period.
ah well. i've got tons more reading to do, a bit of grading, some paperwork. but i live. and all that.
love and peace
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