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Entries from May 23rd, 2014

9 and grades are in…

May 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time, Work

Although even at the end of this semester, like several others in my career at the community college, my grades are in, but…. I had one student who had a baby about three weeks ago, and although she had hoped to complete all of the requirements, she was unable to get the large curriculum project […]

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10 and a smile

May 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, My Goals, retirement, time

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. – Grandma Moses Today was filled with last grading chores, a little office cleaning, a terrific lunch with two terrific students, and a very frustrating few moments in “what else haven’t they told me I need to do – paperwork wise?.” I smile.  […]

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11 and planning

May 21st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Work

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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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 […]

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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, […]

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