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, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Teaching & Learning'
15, 14, 13 and grading.
May 19th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
Tags: authentic·college·grades·grading·learning·retirement·teaching
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
18 and loss
May 14th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work
I just figured out this morning one of the deep feelings I’m having about retirement from this amazing job of teaching I’ve had – at this place, 15 years, and in total, a career in the world of teaching for almost 40! It’s the feeling of loss. Like all humans, loss is an inevitable piece […]
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19 and a last – at last…
May 13th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work
I’ve been really reluctant to say “the last this…the last that….the last time…,” etc. in regards to my retirement. It’s like saying my four month European trip for sabbatical was a “trip of a lifetime.” The trip was certainly amazing, and some parts, okay maybe, many parts, cannot be repeated – but I never planned […]
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24, 23, 22, 21, 20 — and yes, how did another five days go by?
May 12th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, Work
These posts of several days are just reminders of how busy my life as a college professor really is! Not to mention the part of life that involves laundry, the first lawn mow of the spring, a delightful Mother’s Day spent with daughter and granddaughter and paying the bills! This morning I enjoyed my once […]
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