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Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Raul — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:45:20 -0000

@ Student A - My OWN students read my personal blog. And it's true, they find it refreshing. It gives them a perspective they couldn't have gotten otherwise.

@ Beth - papers not writing themselves :( boohoo

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Student A — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:56:36 -0000

Hiding my real name so my mark won't get affected

No, we do not fuck around with your head when we clap. I guess it's kind of a mob mentality. One person starts, others follow for some odd reason. Unless you really blow it during the term, like majorly pissed everyone off, you should get claps. What would piss people off? Making the class too confusing and/or everything is confusing.
(I really should be *studying* for 370 right now)
On a side note, not everyone is in 3rd year, some of us are 4th, even 5th like me.
(Reading a prof blog is weird but refreshing. Yes, this is what kids might do when they don't want to study. You must have went through it too :p Oooooo, turn off MSN in class, please. It made me giggle.)

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Beth — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:21:29 -0000

@Raul - 4 papers and 2 grant proposals? That makes me tired just reading that!

@Ian - These guys are third years. Wish I'd had the wherewithal to have graciously taken a bow... I think I just stood there looking stunned and blushing!

@Kalev - Quicken - yes, absolutely! I will bring it when we meet up this week. Maybe I could trade you for the Bluetooth Palm Pilot keyboard that you offered?

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

joeyconnick — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:43:30 -0000

Regarding note 2 and being burnt out: yes, I think to say you spread yourself way too thin this term is understating things dramatically.

With respect to taxes: we're still sharing Quicken, right? Because I need to do mine soon.

But overall: congratulations!

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Raul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:51:14 -0000

Oh I forgot to respond to that. They also clap for me at the end of my courses. But that usually comes after I've given them a speech (which is very heartfelt) about how much I care for their future.

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Ian — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:05:48 -0000

They sometimes clap for me, Beth, at the end of a course. I graciously take a bow... or maybe they're just fucking with me as well. I notice that only the first year students do this. Perhaps by second year they've learned that it has no effect on their grade.

Oh, well. It's always nice for them to pretend to like us.

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Raul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:09:31 -0000

I think sleep is definitely in the cards for me too :) once I finish four journal articles and two grant proposals and two comments back for an evaluation of a project I'm doing. Ah, and blogging too :)

Hope you're doing well Beth.

Cheers,
Raul
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