Julia Klein ([personal profile] jdmklein) wrote2003-03-17 07:20 pm

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One teacher left last Thursday. One is leaving tonight if she can get a ticket. Three have asked for emergency exit visas to leave tomorrow. Today i am more nervous about what is going to happen than ever before. As i prepared for my class on Wednesday i wondered if i would get a chance to do the activities i have planned. i was thinking how angry i'd be if i lost the stuff i have done for this course. It isn't ready to fly yet, by any means but i'm having a good time revising it and making it more useful for the students. It's great to have such a small class. i would certainly hate to lose all that i have done so far. D is teaching another course we are working on, and i sure as heck don't want to lose that material, we all have too much sweat equity in it.

i will take a box to the office tomorrow and bring home the items i treasure and would hate to lose. i fully expect that we will not have classes in the near future. Whether or not the university closes, if we keep losing teachers there will be no one to do the teaching.

i am not sure what i will do about tomorrow. There will be one class that is not covered. i don't teach tomorrow and could easily take it, but i think i won't. i have more hours than anyone, and i don't need to teach at all in my position. i do it because i enjoy it. As much as i hate the idea of breaking up a class, that is what i think i'm going to do, and send two or three students to each of the other teachers. Too bad on them if they don't like it.

As i type this i have been watching cnn news. It appears there will finally be something begun within 72 hours of Bush's speech. It is difficult to write.