Monthly Archives: March 2008
Why I’m Going to Miss Teaching at TCC
TCC is a little, podunk-y nothing of a school. It carries with it no prestige, no reputation for excellence, and certainly no enviable salaries. My experience here, though, has been nothing but positive from the point of view of the … Continue reading
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And AWAAAY We Go!!
From Betsy this afternoon; again, completely unedited by me: i did the assignments plus handed you drafts you never got back to me on any of them. so how am i supposed to know if there good or not. An … Continue reading
Filed under composition, concerns, failure, frustrations, General Griping, hybrids suck, I love my boss, Learning, self-analysis, student chutzpah, Teaching, Yikes!
Because It’s ALWAYS the Teacher’s Fault
If I weren’t actually living it, I wouldn’t believe it. Grades posted at TCC yesterday. I received this in my inbox this morning (as usual, completely unedited by me): I do not understand why i failed this class. i handed … Continue reading
Filed under composition, failure, frustrations, hybrids suck, I love my boss, student chutzpah, Yikes!
Grammar Wednesday
I love California Teacher Guy, I really, really do. I have this hole in my head, you see, and my thinking is slightly less than stellar lately. I was wracking my poor, holey little brain and trying to figure out … Continue reading
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Apostrophe Obsession
I’m having outpatient surgery this afternoon, so Mr. Chili will be picking Beanie up from her after-school program. I’m sending him in with this note to stick to the sign which, Bean assures me, is still wrong: Seriously.
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Panic
Xena and I weren’t kidding when we came up with Tuesday’s post. Here is an actual email exchange I’ve been having with a student from my composition class over the last two days. The ONLY editing I’ve done is to … Continue reading
Filed under composition, concerns, failure, frustrations, funniness, General Griping, hybrids suck, student chutzpah, Yikes!
Grammar Wednesday
Beanie participates in an after-school program on Tuesdays. The school sponsors a bunch of “enrichment” classes – build-to-learn, young scientists, fiber crafts, pottery painting, that sort of thing. Last week, I went to pick her up and passed this sign … Continue reading
Filed under General Griping, Grammar, out in the real world, Yikes!
Ten Things Tuesday
It seems that I’m not the only one disenchanted with students at TCC. My dear friend and colleague, Xena, has been less-than-pleased with the performance of some of her students this term, too. She tends to handle this kind of … Continue reading
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The Final Exam
Today is the last day of classes for my composition students. I was going to have a portfolio as their final exam; they would submit to me pieces of writing that they’ve been working on all semester that would count … Continue reading
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Last-Minute Larry
I’ve got a student. We’ll call him Larry. Larry is really pretty representative of most of my students. He’s smart enough to do exceedingly well in all of his classes – mine included – he just chooses not to. Whether … Continue reading
Filed under composition, concerns, failure, frustrations, General Griping, hybrids suck, student chutzpah, Yikes!
