summer school
Jun. 25th, 2003 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinMaster asked me on the way home from work today how my day went and i answered pretty ok. He then made the comment that He was glad, He wished i could have said fantastically ok but pretty ok was certainly nothing to sneeze at.
In fact, the day went really really well. i've decided i enjoy teaching summer school. All i have to do is be teacher in summer. The deans and vice deans are not around, and from today the faculty secretary won't be bothering me either, because he will be gone. Nearly all the admin people are on vacation and i will be gone when they are back. All of the teachers except the two who are also doing summer school are gone so there is no dealing with a drama queen to hassle with.
i am getting to do what i love. i have time to really prep for my class, i can think about and create examples and activities to help them acquire the knowledge of a second language. i get to work with them one-on-one. i can take time to go over their homework and assignments and give them individual attention. i have missed this. i enjoy the creativity of preparing for the class each day. i enjoy the interaction with the students. i don't enjoy marking, but that comes with the territory. i do enjoy reading their work and learning more about what goes on in their minds. A university is a great place to work. Some days i think it would be even greater if there were no students, but this summer i like that they are here.
Yesterday one of the girls stopped after class and asked if she could ask a personal question. i said sure, and then she asked where i got my dress. If i had a list of 100 most likely to be asked questions, that would probably not have made it to the bottom half of the bottom 2%. i told her i had bought it in the States. She thanked me and turned and walked away. Now, do i want to think that she thought the dress so attractive that she wanted to shop at the same store and get one just like it? Or, did she think the dress so unattractive she wanted to be sure she never went in to the store that sold it? i think about things like that.
One of my students is in her third course. The two teachers who had her previous to me, didn't like her. They thought she was a pest. She asks many questions and she will certainly not the star of this year's graduation class, but she is a hard worker. She knows her langauge skills aren't up there and is just making sure she understands the assignments and what is expected from her. Already i know that she will be lucky to get a C and this puts me in a bit of a bind. Because she is working to the best of her ability, i hate to give her a low grade or make her repeat the course. On the other hand, i would be doing her a disservice by passing her through just because she is a hard worker. If she doesn't have the language skills she will suffer in all her other courses. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Of course if she comes up with the required amount for the bribe, she can get an A and never attend class again.
In fact, the day went really really well. i've decided i enjoy teaching summer school. All i have to do is be teacher in summer. The deans and vice deans are not around, and from today the faculty secretary won't be bothering me either, because he will be gone. Nearly all the admin people are on vacation and i will be gone when they are back. All of the teachers except the two who are also doing summer school are gone so there is no dealing with a drama queen to hassle with.
i am getting to do what i love. i have time to really prep for my class, i can think about and create examples and activities to help them acquire the knowledge of a second language. i get to work with them one-on-one. i can take time to go over their homework and assignments and give them individual attention. i have missed this. i enjoy the creativity of preparing for the class each day. i enjoy the interaction with the students. i don't enjoy marking, but that comes with the territory. i do enjoy reading their work and learning more about what goes on in their minds. A university is a great place to work. Some days i think it would be even greater if there were no students, but this summer i like that they are here.
Yesterday one of the girls stopped after class and asked if she could ask a personal question. i said sure, and then she asked where i got my dress. If i had a list of 100 most likely to be asked questions, that would probably not have made it to the bottom half of the bottom 2%. i told her i had bought it in the States. She thanked me and turned and walked away. Now, do i want to think that she thought the dress so attractive that she wanted to shop at the same store and get one just like it? Or, did she think the dress so unattractive she wanted to be sure she never went in to the store that sold it? i think about things like that.
One of my students is in her third course. The two teachers who had her previous to me, didn't like her. They thought she was a pest. She asks many questions and she will certainly not the star of this year's graduation class, but she is a hard worker. She knows her langauge skills aren't up there and is just making sure she understands the assignments and what is expected from her. Already i know that she will be lucky to get a C and this puts me in a bit of a bind. Because she is working to the best of her ability, i hate to give her a low grade or make her repeat the course. On the other hand, i would be doing her a disservice by passing her through just because she is a hard worker. If she doesn't have the language skills she will suffer in all her other courses. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Of course if she comes up with the required amount for the bribe, she can get an A and never attend class again.
