Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 27 February 2009
well, things are in place…
my resume and teaching philosophy copies are all neatly collated and stapled.
my example assignments, syllabus, writing sample, all within my guarded little sheet protectors.
clothes picked out.
earrings removed (for the day).
directions in place, make-up planned out, mental schedule in place.
soooo…. now it’s just time to sleep and get a job tomorrow, right?
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 26 February 2009
I’m not sure how this happened, but it appears that Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak cd is now my official grading music.
*confused grimace*
Maybe it’s all that QQing about his personal life? It induces grading tendencies deep within me?
I dunno. Your guess is as good as mine.
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 26 February 2009
Rather than spending so much time and energy on correcting failed papers… I’m just going to slap this at the end of them:
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 24 February 2009
Just a few tidbits:
*Classes have gone well lately, eaten up the full time. Students are still wary of speaking out but they’re warming up more and more. Having a few individuals come up and discuss things after classes end is always an ego boost. Makes me feel like a winner. Of what? I dunno. Apparently [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 22 February 2009
Dear Papers,
You are the poop.
No love,
Me.
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 21 February 2009
I’m such the SUCK teacher this week.
I mean, sure, I had some kick ass lesson plans Monday.
And Wednesday we talked the entire class period (plus some) about the articles we read… or they didn’t read, however you want to look at it.
Today, however, I had them to an in-class writing because I was at a [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 20 February 2009
So, no one else is really going to be excited for my domestic ass-kicking…. I figure I can talk about it here.
Though I’ve neglected to put a game plan together for my class tomorrow, nor have I laid a finger on the papers I need to grade… I have at least settled my house and [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 19 February 2009
Slowly yet surely, things are getting done around my house.
I have laundry started, and I’m about to drag my ass upstairs to pull all the dirty stuff down.
I’m going to vaccuum the living room, and I’m currently taking care of some burning projects I’ve had to do forever.
I want to visit my neighbor, who I [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 18 February 2009
I guess it went well?
Upside: My students talked a superextraawesome lot during class. This might be a sign that they actually like me and don’t want me to get fired, since I told them that my observation had something to do with my rehiring next year. They were even watching my supervisor from the corners [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 15 February 2009
Mmkay, observation tomorrow.
Visual arguments/analysis, advertisement day.
Will be observed by boss.
Breaking students into 3 groups of 5, giving each group an ad to break down (context and content), then present to class.
These ads are fun, light, interesting.
Then I hit them with the more complex ads, ending in a shocking one used to campaign against anorexia.
I’m getting [...]
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