Inessentials

Although I assumed I would later regret it, this semester I decided to lead my discussion sections immediately after the lecture on Thursday. I hoped it would help me maximize on the interest generated in class and carry over the discussion. So far, so good.
Last Thursday, I stopped to get coffee between lecture and section. [...]

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Here’s some news.
My eye has been doing considerably better, as judged in the most practical way: I’ve been able to read for about two weeks, as long as it’s in relatively short stretches and not at certain times of the day. Other than a little soreness, it’s not been painful. Somehow, after I take the [...]

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The summer class that I am teaching begins tomorrow. Fortunately, I’ve been able to read a bit the last couple days. That means I won’t be writing lectures solely from the memory of what I think the authors said. Now while that would be a fun experiment, I’d rather not have to do that. The [...]

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It’s getting closer. I can almost see it.
About 10 days from now I should be through all of my requirements for this semester. All the major deadlines, the must-do’s, the can’t-wait-any-longer’s. Then I have a short reprieve to actually work on the stuff that is interesting at the pace that I can enjoy, while slowly [...]

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It’s 6:30am now. I have three hours to get ready for the discussion sections that I lead, which I will be evaluated on today. Starting at 9:25am with the first section, I am booked until 8:00pm tonight. I was up later than usual last night getting ready for some of my meetings today, which meant [...]

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Quote of the day:
“Low-income urban students know they attend substandard, second-tier schools that lack the technology, resources and extracurricular programs commonplace in schools of more affluent communities. And yet we continue to expect these students to prioritize education when budgetary and funding inequities demonstrate that urban education is neither a local, state, or national priority.”
Will [...]

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