I am working what’s called 3/5ths time this semester. I take the equivalent 3/5ths pay cut, of course. But, it does give me some breathing room. If I were not retiring, next year or so would be time to apply for and take a sabbatical. Unless you work an academic life, you have a hard […]
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97 days
February 24th, 2014 · Comments Off on 97 days · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, time
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98 days and a Sunday
February 23rd, 2014 · Comments Off on 98 days and a Sunday · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Work
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 […]
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Firsts…
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Firsts… · Children, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant “Here’s to […]
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100 Day Project – Day 63 – Deep
November 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 63 – Deep · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
I was told today by a student, with others agreeing, that I was a very deep person. Last class meeting, the students participated in a Literacy Month event at our college. The local Head Start bused 30 preschool children to our college’s library where we had the joy of reading one-on-one with the children, joining […]
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100 Day Project – Day 62 – Syllabi
November 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 62 – Syllabi · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, My Goals, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 62 – 11:30 am One of the workshops I went to at the NEFDC Conference recently was a workshop on creating syllabi of interest. While there are several sections I must put in, I have a good deal of leeway about the rest. Although I learned that at some institutions, […]