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I interrupt the ongoing blog silence

Posted in *sigh*, teaching on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

to bring you the quote of the month from my stack of grading:
Chinese philosophy is philosophy written in the Chinese tradition of thought. Chinese philosophy has been made to fit the many schools of thought and conditions in China.

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grading *headdesk*

Posted in send more chocolate, teaching on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Although the book was written in the 80s, all of the concepts are still applicable because many are conceptual.”

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What makes meaning?

Posted in chaosgirl, teaching on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I started to put this in the previous post but it’s really more about teaching and learning and parenting than about ChaosGirl’s birthday party so here it is in its own post.
I’ve never been one to do those “letter to my kid” type posts – and if I did, I’d do it on her private [...]

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On being a n00b

Posted in teaching on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I need to be a n00b again.  I need to find something that I want to learn that is completely new so that I can remember what it feels like to have absolutely. no. clue.
This problem is coming at me from a couple of fronts at the same time.  I’m trying to grade essays and [...]

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Grading Hell

Posted in send more chocolate, teaching on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Grading is driving me to drink. Since I’m at the office and can’t, I give you the top quote from this batch of papers:
“Measurement is a technical tool used to count participates.”
Send more chocolate. Please.

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Smallish Monday Whine

Posted in teaching, whining on November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I hate it when I lose the key to an assignment. Now I have to do it myself and that’s way to much like work. Especially since I then have a stack of assignments to grade with the key once I recreate it.

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Why, yes it is the middle of the semester

Posted in *sigh*, teaching on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Why do you ask?

I’m so not a natural teacher. It’s not just that I hate grading, I fear grading. The thought of it makes my gut clench up and my brain shut down.  The problem is, it’s not because of something relatively simple like impostor syndrome.  No, I am cursed to feel personally responsible when [...]

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Random bullets of update-y stuff

Posted in dissertation, house, teaching on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I know bullets are lame content but my brain is too fried to form coherent thoughts for public consumption.

Met with advisor and replacement committee member yesterday. Now different things are up in the air. There may be theoretical and methodological changes coming. Gaak!
Graded the lit reviews and they ranged from the sublime to [...]

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Early Semester Redux

Posted in *sigh*, teaching on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

We’re now far enough into the semester to start seeing what is and isn’t working. It’s a time to stop and take stock and see what changes can be made to salvage some things and what things really need to fall by the wayside. While I’m happy there is a mix and [...]

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RBoC – Monday edition

Posted in random stuff, teaching, yarny stuff on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I took a long mental health break weekend and didn’t touch the computer all day Friday or Saturday and only downloaded pictures and checked personal email on Sunday. It felt nice but I was dreading coming in this morning.
The pile wasn’t as deep as I thought when I got in. There were only [...]

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