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bearshorty) wrote2010-10-18 10:58 pm
bearshorty) wrote2010-10-18 10:58 pm
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Monday, October 18, 2010
I went to campus for the day and I find that I’d rather wake up at 6:30 and leave the house and be in a library than get up at 8 and work from home.
I stopped by my history office to pick up a few world history textbooks and my awesome packet of map transparencies. One of the things I love about teaching is that publishing companies send free textbooks and books. So I actually have several different world history textbooks even as I never taught world history. Now that the possibility of teaching this class is there, I figure I should brush up on early civilizations a bit. I took East Asian history in my first semester of undergrad and I don’t remember much and I really need to remind myself of trends and such. And I need to figure out what I want on my syllabus. I read the first chapter today about Neolithic Revolution and how and why agriculture and domestication of animals really changed human development. This is not really new stuff to me, but I did need a review. And my brain needs a bit of a shake up since it forgot that Neolithic just means New Stone Age (I do know some Greek roots, technically. Wake up, brain). It is nice to have pre-history chronology again in my head. Tomorrow – Mesopotamia and Egypt (I actually still remember learning about it in sixth grade).
I also wrote the next question for my writing class although I’m still not too sure about it. They will still work with Pollan and Kingsolver article and will have to talk about the rights of individual animals/plants vs the right of the species to survive. As I was grading more midterms today, I found that many had hard time with the midterm question, beyond the basic level. But at least the midterm helped me make a list of weak connections and stronger connections.
Warner Brothers released nine TV spots for Harry Potter movie so I thought I’d link them. I can’t wait.
Having a falafel and Wendy’s chili and for lunch was a great combination.
House S7E5 I liked this episode. House and Wilson babysitting was fabulous, mostly for Wilson’s facial expressions. He really doesn’t know anything about taking care of children. And House poking in a diaper to see if there was a dime. And playing Cuddy to make sure he babysits again to see if the dime comes out. And Lane was Dr. Chang, a competent female doctor who only didn’t want the job because of Taub. I wish she was on the team, she was awesome; a pediatrician who hates kids. The older daughter could not act – they were a bit heavy handed with that storyline. But I didn’t expect the mother to die. It was nice to see Jennifer Grey. I’m really enjoying Huddy storyline and the new possibilities in storytelling it offers, it is certainly keeping things fresh.
In the evening, my neighbor asked me to proofread her nursing master’s program papers and then we had some tea. She invited me to come with her family to Shabbat dinner at a rabbi’s house on Friday. It should be interesting. I haven’t been to one for a long time.
I stopped by my history office to pick up a few world history textbooks and my awesome packet of map transparencies. One of the things I love about teaching is that publishing companies send free textbooks and books. So I actually have several different world history textbooks even as I never taught world history. Now that the possibility of teaching this class is there, I figure I should brush up on early civilizations a bit. I took East Asian history in my first semester of undergrad and I don’t remember much and I really need to remind myself of trends and such. And I need to figure out what I want on my syllabus. I read the first chapter today about Neolithic Revolution and how and why agriculture and domestication of animals really changed human development. This is not really new stuff to me, but I did need a review. And my brain needs a bit of a shake up since it forgot that Neolithic just means New Stone Age (I do know some Greek roots, technically. Wake up, brain). It is nice to have pre-history chronology again in my head. Tomorrow – Mesopotamia and Egypt (I actually still remember learning about it in sixth grade).
I also wrote the next question for my writing class although I’m still not too sure about it. They will still work with Pollan and Kingsolver article and will have to talk about the rights of individual animals/plants vs the right of the species to survive. As I was grading more midterms today, I found that many had hard time with the midterm question, beyond the basic level. But at least the midterm helped me make a list of weak connections and stronger connections.
Warner Brothers released nine TV spots for Harry Potter movie so I thought I’d link them. I can’t wait.
Having a falafel and Wendy’s chili and for lunch was a great combination.
House S7E5 I liked this episode. House and Wilson babysitting was fabulous, mostly for Wilson’s facial expressions. He really doesn’t know anything about taking care of children. And House poking in a diaper to see if there was a dime. And playing Cuddy to make sure he babysits again to see if the dime comes out. And Lane was Dr. Chang, a competent female doctor who only didn’t want the job because of Taub. I wish she was on the team, she was awesome; a pediatrician who hates kids. The older daughter could not act – they were a bit heavy handed with that storyline. But I didn’t expect the mother to die. It was nice to see Jennifer Grey. I’m really enjoying Huddy storyline and the new possibilities in storytelling it offers, it is certainly keeping things fresh.
In the evening, my neighbor asked me to proofread her nursing master’s program papers and then we had some tea. She invited me to come with her family to Shabbat dinner at a rabbi’s house on Friday. It should be interesting. I haven’t been to one for a long time.