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bearshorty) wrote2011-05-02 11:03 pm
bearshorty) wrote2011-05-02 11:03 pm
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Students came to my office hours – mostly for practicing for the map quiz. Which I will need to grade this weekend. Maybe Thursday.
Today was the last official class. It was mostly map quiz and a review for the final exam. They get to study up on five themes. For each themes, let’s say trade, they need to come up with three paragraphs with one source each and write an essay about it. They know the themes and they can bring a sourcebook to class. For one student, who is horrible at maps, we actually did an oral map exam because he can’t spatially see, I think.
House S7E20 Dirty joke alert! Very dirty joke alert! As soon as the patient gave his cousin $10 million I figured that twist with the girl out. This show is too cynical sometimes – I hoped it would actually give an exception of some kind. And then they did – they went for a happy reunion. Ah, Cuddy’s Mom and wanting them back together. This whole episode was beating over the head that people don’t change and they are either happy or miserable and circumstances won’t make a difference. I don’t like the heroin preview.
Tonight I was figuring out books for “History of Law” class next semester, if I get to teach it. It all depends on enrollment. But here is my plan so far:
1.Andrew Riggsby, Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans
2. James Brundage, Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession
3.Hunt Janin, Medieval Justice: Cases and Laws in France, England and Germany, 500-1500
I’m not sure about Janin yet, I will get it in the library this week and check it out, but I’m pretty sure about the other two. Brundage is a bit big but I won’t use the whole book, more like select chapters. And I will use some primary sources online too. Even if I don’t teach it, it is really fun to think about.
No Heterosexual Explanation - when even when we take off slash gaggles, the scene in a movie or tv doesn’t make sense unless the two characters are together.
Today was the last official class. It was mostly map quiz and a review for the final exam. They get to study up on five themes. For each themes, let’s say trade, they need to come up with three paragraphs with one source each and write an essay about it. They know the themes and they can bring a sourcebook to class. For one student, who is horrible at maps, we actually did an oral map exam because he can’t spatially see, I think.
House S7E20 Dirty joke alert! Very dirty joke alert! As soon as the patient gave his cousin $10 million I figured that twist with the girl out. This show is too cynical sometimes – I hoped it would actually give an exception of some kind. And then they did – they went for a happy reunion. Ah, Cuddy’s Mom and wanting them back together. This whole episode was beating over the head that people don’t change and they are either happy or miserable and circumstances won’t make a difference. I don’t like the heroin preview.
Tonight I was figuring out books for “History of Law” class next semester, if I get to teach it. It all depends on enrollment. But here is my plan so far:
1.Andrew Riggsby, Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans
2. James Brundage, Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession
3.Hunt Janin, Medieval Justice: Cases and Laws in France, England and Germany, 500-1500
I’m not sure about Janin yet, I will get it in the library this week and check it out, but I’m pretty sure about the other two. Brundage is a bit big but I won’t use the whole book, more like select chapters. And I will use some primary sources online too. Even if I don’t teach it, it is really fun to think about.
No Heterosexual Explanation - when even when we take off slash gaggles, the scene in a movie or tv doesn’t make sense unless the two characters are together.