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Mental drops in a scattered morning
Some odd thoughts this morning as I catch up on a bunch of things (but probably not enough): The key difference between great colloquial writing and great formal writing is how efficient the formal writing is. There are some vocabulary differences (colloquial writing uses slang, while formal writing generally avoids it), but too many undergraduate […]
Feeling lazy at 9:30 am
I must be too-well socialized: I’m reading my daughter’s book manuscript this morning, but I’ll probably leave the house shortly to get some work done on Education Policy Analysis Archives and then reading and grading papers. Yesterday’s class documented two things for me: I had planned enough for an entire day of teaching, and it’s […]
Do not copy and paste
This morning (or at least now), I am reviewing the syllabus for the course that starts this Saturday. In reality, the term began last month, but we are meeting for the first time on Saturday. I sent the students several e-mails over the past few weeks after uploading the syllabus to the relevant Blackboard (ick! […]
May progress notes
All May birthdays and the anniversary are now done, all but two of the musical events are done, and one of the two belt tests are done. We know roughly how many faculty are being laid off at my university (very few, which is good, but many staff, which is bad). I’m far behind on […]
On not beating around the bush in the classroom
Is there anyone else who winced at the following sentences from the Atlantic Professor X column, In the Basement of the Ivory Tower? A few weeks into the semester, the students must start actually writing papers, and I must start grading them…. I knew that Ms. L.’s paper would fail. I knew it that first […]