It may have begun to sink in — this retirement thing — I realized this afternoon that I no longer work for a living! Commencement was delightful. The weather was especially beautiful today – always a good thing when you have wool regalia to wear for three hours. It’s always rewarding to watch students I’ve […]
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1 – and done
May 31st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Work
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2 and tomorrow
May 30th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, family, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
It’s tomorrow. Commencement, and the date when I am officially retired! Funny thing is that I still have tasks to accomplish. Please don’t ask about the paperwork that I think is completed — thank you especially to the hubby who got me through most of it. I have an Incomplete grade which means there’s a […]
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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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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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