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2 Kislev/19 November, 2009
Nov. 19th, 2009 11:46 pmA former student mine came to see me this morning about her senior thesis. She took my “Development of Europe I” class as a freshman and found that she liked medieval period. She also took “England in the Middle Ages” class as a sophomore. She is a bit too eager sometimes but I do like helping her, her ideas as a senior are certainly more sophisticated than before, it is good to see that.
I also had a current student actually show up at office hours and talk about the reading more. I was pleasantly surprised by their Rough Drafts 5. In my first class they seem to have ideas about their thesis they could work with, even if they might not get all the intricacies of the reading and even if they complained how hard it was. Maybe this reading will work after all. It probably won’t work for the second section, though. Only half the class showed up to peer review and half of them didn’t have their drafts with them. And this is the class that had the most trouble. I just have to not care too much and just let them make whatever low grade they want to get. For some reason, by the time I get to the second class I usually get a headache. Whether it is the class or lack of sleep and getting up at 6:30 catching up with me, I don’t know; but the headache certainly fits this class sometimes.
When I was in Kentucky, one historian and I had breakfast one morning and talked about sci-fi books and movies. She mentioned a book called “Into the Forest” by Jean Hegland. She was in California visiting friends and wanted a book by a local author. The neighboring bookstore recommended this book about two adolescent sisters having to survive in a local forest in post-apocalyptic California. After I got back from Kentucky, I got an email from the historian asking for my address so she could send me the book. I figure she might have an extra copy or something. But today I get a package from Amazon with a brand new book. I know that both her and her husband are big professor who can easily afford a small book to sent someone, but I’m shocked that she would bother. I thought at most she would send me the reference for the book, not actually buy it for me. I’ll read it as soon as I will finish with Carsac book (which is more interesting as I read but also frustrating at the same time.)
( Bones S5E8 )
I also had a current student actually show up at office hours and talk about the reading more. I was pleasantly surprised by their Rough Drafts 5. In my first class they seem to have ideas about their thesis they could work with, even if they might not get all the intricacies of the reading and even if they complained how hard it was. Maybe this reading will work after all. It probably won’t work for the second section, though. Only half the class showed up to peer review and half of them didn’t have their drafts with them. And this is the class that had the most trouble. I just have to not care too much and just let them make whatever low grade they want to get. For some reason, by the time I get to the second class I usually get a headache. Whether it is the class or lack of sleep and getting up at 6:30 catching up with me, I don’t know; but the headache certainly fits this class sometimes.
When I was in Kentucky, one historian and I had breakfast one morning and talked about sci-fi books and movies. She mentioned a book called “Into the Forest” by Jean Hegland. She was in California visiting friends and wanted a book by a local author. The neighboring bookstore recommended this book about two adolescent sisters having to survive in a local forest in post-apocalyptic California. After I got back from Kentucky, I got an email from the historian asking for my address so she could send me the book. I figure she might have an extra copy or something. But today I get a package from Amazon with a brand new book. I know that both her and her husband are big professor who can easily afford a small book to sent someone, but I’m shocked that she would bother. I thought at most she would send me the reference for the book, not actually buy it for me. I’ll read it as soon as I will finish with Carsac book (which is more interesting as I read but also frustrating at the same time.)
( Bones S5E8 )
