And the scores are in!!
(and no – no one grabbed an A. Not even close; I just liked the graphic.)
One student got an 85 (he’s the kid who wrote “VULCAN” on his paper, bless him! I sent him a personal email this afternoon, to congratulate him on the score). Two [...]
Entries from October 2006
October 31, 2006
Final Exam Tally
October 30, 2006
Thoughts and Meditations
I’m working on tallying the final grades for the Foundations class. I can’t put a lid on it just yet – I’ve still got kids scrambling against a Wednesday deadline to get computer-based work to me – but the grades I do have at this point are not at all encouraging.
I offered the entire [...]
October 27, 2006
Judgment Day Approaches
On Monday, Organic Mama and I administer the final exam to our respective Foundations of English classes. It’s going to be interesting, for us and for them.
We put the test together on Wednesday, and had a blast doing it. It took us a while to settle down and get to business, but I [...]
October 25, 2006
The Post in Which More of My Geekiness is Revealed..
We’re slowly putting our house together after a major renovation/addition. Part of this includes a new dining room, complete with book cases! This thrills me on several levels; I get to put all of my books in one place, where they will be easily accessible and I can look at them and admire [...]
October 24, 2006
Starfish
I attended another seminar at Not-So-Local University last week, and my brain has been working nonstop ever since.
The workshop was titled “Rescue and the Righteous” and was put on by fellows from the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. The focus was mainly on character education; the concept being that rescuers during the Holocaust possessed [...]
October 21, 2006
Yeah, That’ll Work…
Seriously. It’s come to this:
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AP) — A candidate for state superintendent of schools said Thursday he wants thick used textbooks placed under every student’s desk so they can use them for self-defense during school shootings.
Go here for the rest of the story.
I just don’t know what to say….
October 18, 2006
Another Gem
Another email from one of my Foundations students (I’ve changed her name to protect her identity):
hi this is jenny henessey, i went to the libray for new books but she told me i had to buy a new book, what should i do
For starters, Jenny, you should capitalize the first letter of [...]
October 16, 2006
WHAT Was He THINKING?!?
MAN! One of the students in my public speaking class has BIG brass ones!
I came home from my classes this morning feeling an odd combination of elation at having taught and near despondency at the fact that a decent portion of my students are hovering at or below the failure level. [...]
October 13, 2006
Halfway Through the Foundations Course…
…I’ve got 9 students out of a class of 17 earning failing grades. The course is pass/fail. A score of 60 or higher is required to pass.
There are two more teaching classes followed by one review and exam class.
We need the full term – 11 weeks – to teach this class. The [...]
October 12, 2006
Fun With Grammar!
Organic Mama and I were musing about this bumper sticker this afternoon. It took us quite a while to come up with the answer, but we finally came to a conclusion concerning what the subject and verb of this sentence are. Want to take a stab at it?
