I’m pretty sure I haven’t mentioned all the planning that goes into retirement while I’ve been counting down on this blog. The paperwork involved in retiring from an institution would choke a horse (which I promise not to do) – and that’s after you do a lot of footwork trying to figure out what paperwork […]
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11 and planning
May 21st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Work
12 and a filing cabinet
May 20th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
One of the moments in my life that I realized would change after I retire is that of thinking about my classes all of the time! I can’t remember now what it was, but a day or two ago, I came across an article and thought, “Oh, I best mark that and put it aside […]
Tags: college·filing cabinets·learning·retirement·teaching·thoughts
15, 14, 13 and grading.
May 19th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
Grading. Need I say more? To some, yes. So I guess I will. If we had authentic situations in place to allow students to demonstrate their knowledge in other ways than on a piece of paper, grading would be a whole different game. And, that is what it is. A game. At worst. At best, […]
Tags: authentic·college·grades·grading·learning·retirement·teaching
16 and disarray
May 17th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, retirement, time, Work
I was really struck yesterday by the sheer disarray of my house! And then I realized that it’s pretty normal for end of semester crazies – and that this is the last end of semester crazies! End of semester celebrations, finals, huge final projects to grade, many pieces of paper to sort, file and hand […]
Tags: college·finals·grades·job·mess·passion·retirement·Work
17 and love
May 15th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, family, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
A grandmother and her seven year old granddaughter were walking down the hall of the East Building. Having just attended the grandmother’s retirement party; two whole hours of being social (not so easy when you are seven – even when chocolate is involved)…the grandmother said, “Thank you for coming to my party. I know that […]
Tags: conversations·family·grandparent·love·retirement·thank you·Work