So, I am pretty much overwhelmed with work. It just keeps piling on. And with basketball on the horizon, it’s not looking like it will slow down anytime soon. I spent all weekend grading things. Three tests from Friday. Four seperate sets of homework. Good times. We also finally started meeting with the youth in […]
Fences and Dogs
We’ve been very busy this weekend, installing a new fence in our backyard. I think we are saving about $1000 by doing it ourselves, but it’s been quite a task. I think it will be finished by tomorrow night. Finally… no more walking the dog(s) on leashes in our own backyard. Which brings me to […]
If Thoughts Could Kill…
Last night, in my Algebraic Structures class, everything was going well. We had 5 minutes remaining. Our Professor of Mathematics with a PHD behind her name had remained uncharacteristically positive for the first 70 minutes. We were feeling pretty good about the material. It looked like we were heading for an uneventful class. Then, she […]
Factoring
So, last night, in my Algebraic Structures class (Modern Algebra), my teacher called out MY teaching skills. The situation went like this: There was one student at the board trying to work out a problem. I was on the next of three problems assigned in class. She asked if I could help out, since no […]
Stuffed.
All I did this weekend was eat. I just finished off my second milkshake in as many days. We ate Kimono for dinner. I ate nearly an entire bag of popcorn this afternoon while watching Stand and Deliver. And then I complain that I can’t fit in any of my old clothes. I’m dumb. In […]
First Cold
I believe I have officially contracted my first cold of the 2005-2006 school year. It’s pretty much a fact of life, when you spend 6 hours a day with 30 teenagers. They put their germs everywhere. Bleh. I’m fighting it off pretty hard with DayQuil, NyQuil, and Vitamin C. I have a big week coming […]
What Weekend?
My weekend. Sucked. Ok, it wasn’t terrible. But, it wasn’t a break from much of anything. I spent ALL saturday grading papers. Papers that I’ve put off. Papers that I just got. 10 class sets of stuff: Algebra II Chapter 3 Tests Algebra II Linear Programming Assignment Algebra 1a classwork (2 classes, 3 different assignments). […]
Weekend Update
News from the weekend: On Friday night, I attended a Forbush football game (with my faithful companion, Lucy). They lost 9-0 to North Iredell. I met a 9 year old N. Iredell fan named Jonathan who kept us company for most of the evening. I also learned quite a bit about young Jonathan. He might […]
Grading Woes
I had almost forgotten just how much I hate to grade papers. That is, until tonight. I gave my first test in Algebra II today. The average grade was 77. That is quite below what I had expected. But, hopefully, this will shock the kids out of whatever summer vacation they are still coasting on, […]