I’m looking forward to a Sunday, many of them actually, when I don’t have to spend the afternoon preparing for classes! What will I do when I have no homework to read, lesson plans to write, and organizing of a briefcase to do? I have had the good fortune to breakfast once a semester with […]
Entries from February 23rd, 2014
98 days and a Sunday
February 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Work
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99 days, and I am counting.
February 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · Education, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work
And, I suppose why not? Some of the feelings up to this point – particularly as I was making the news known to my colleagues – were mixed. It still feels mixed on occasion. I really shall miss the teaching, and the privilege of watching the growth, of my students. I will not miss what […]
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100 days, but who’s counting?
February 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · Education, Important People, Musings, My Goals, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
On this birthday of Edna St. Vincent Millay, a quote: “My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — / It gives a lovely light!” In 100 days I expect to retire from a job that has helped to burn my […]
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