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This is my life?

~LS~ — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:52:00 +0000

The semester is winding down. I am looking forward to my week off prior to teaching the Maymester. I don't know why they call it the Maymester since most of it is in June. The student culture at BRCC is really frustrating. I have students who... Read more

The hidden cost of graduate school

~LS~ — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:02:40 +0000

I just paid my student loan a couple of days ago, which basically means I hit a button on the loan website and depleted my financial resources for another month. In the moment, I started to reflect on the debilitating costs of graduate school, costs... Read more

Teaching evaluations

~LS~ — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:34:03 +0000

I got my teaching evaluations back yesterday. I have been thinking lately about faculty reviews and teaching evaluations because they are such an issue at school lately. Our student ratings are incorporated in our annual reviews, so the numbers... Read more

Summer goals 2010

~LS~ — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:06:54 +0000

Believe it or not I’m a good week and a half into the summer and I feel like time is flying by. I don’t like that. Finally yesterday I sat down and set out my goals and I think I have entirely too much to do. Hopefully I can make a dent in... Read more

Starting at BRCC

~LS~ — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:42:00 +0000

After two days of orientation at BRCC, I'm feeling pretty good about working there. The environment seems very friendly, collegial, and pro-active. They are doing some exciting programs. The administration seems very approachable. There are a couple... Read more

Spring Class Schedule

~LS~ — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:22:00 +0000

God. I got my spring class schedule today. It is going to be a real bitch. I have five sections (of course, that is the normal courseload at brcc), and FOUR separate preps. I will be at school from 12 to 4 on MWF and 7:30 to 3:00 on TTH. It's a... Read more

Spaghetti marshmellow towers

~LS~ — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:51:05 +0000

In order to analyze teamwork, I have the students in my classes do various silly activities that I've stolen from people or from websites here and there. One of my favorite is the spaghetti marshmellow tower. After building the tower, the students... Read more

Slaving away

~LS~ — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:36:31 +0000

I have three saved drafts of posts that I haven't had the motivation to finish. I didn't get my syllabi and stuff to the printer on time so now I have to print them at Office Depot. I said I'd get my gratitudes blog up over the break and the break's... Read more

Rhetoric Class

~LS~ — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:52:00 +0000

I just got done teaching Rhetoric and Civilization. The students seem to be a pretty good bunch, but the room is small and crowded and hot and it's in Turreaud (or however you spell it). I'm too fat and old and lazy for doing that and *grumble... Read more

Public speaking karma rawks!

~LS~ — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:14:52 +0000

After a challenging semester of public speaking in the fall, I have learned that faith sometimes gets rewarded. This semester my public speaking class is simply awsum! There is no other way to describe it. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT was ready to give... Read more