Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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bearshortyToday’s class was all peer review and individual conferences – some students were surprised to learn that you can have a god argument when you use one author to show how the second one is wrong. But it is nice to see students have an epiphany about their writing whether the structure of the whole paper or when they say outloud what their topic sentences should be or what makes a connection. This is the part of the semester when it is starting to click.
Norman Conquest lecture is tomorrow – I’m pretty much combing old lectures and can do this in my sleep but I’m excited. I get to do history in my own subject and it has been awhile since I got to teach medieval England. Great and very clever clip of Bayeux Tapestry animated.
I read Part 2 of “El Cid” in the evening. I definitely need a new book for next semester, having to read it twice in a year is a bit too much. I’ll probably read more than the students would bother for a discussion class tomorrow.
Dexter S6E5 One of my major pet peeves is when on a TV show a professor is dating his TA or TA is dating a student. That is just wrong and squeaky and would not be openly happening since careers would be a stake. Arg. Why did this show have to do this? I was just pulled out of the show and had to rant. It is like Riley being a TA on “Buffy” – that was so wrong. I like it otherwise. I’m more and more convinced that Travis has a multiple personality type deal. I hope Sam doesn’t die.
Norman Conquest lecture is tomorrow – I’m pretty much combing old lectures and can do this in my sleep but I’m excited. I get to do history in my own subject and it has been awhile since I got to teach medieval England. Great and very clever clip of Bayeux Tapestry animated.
I read Part 2 of “El Cid” in the evening. I definitely need a new book for next semester, having to read it twice in a year is a bit too much. I’ll probably read more than the students would bother for a discussion class tomorrow.
Dexter S6E5 One of my major pet peeves is when on a TV show a professor is dating his TA or TA is dating a student. That is just wrong and squeaky and would not be openly happening since careers would be a stake. Arg. Why did this show have to do this? I was just pulled out of the show and had to rant. It is like Riley being a TA on “Buffy” – that was so wrong. I like it otherwise. I’m more and more convinced that Travis has a multiple personality type deal. I hope Sam doesn’t die.