Ahh, one of the GOOD days!
Apr. 21st, 2004 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wordinistaI know, I know -- I rave about my Brit Lit class. I do. But it's only because they're so damned wonderful.
There's only one week of regular classes left in the semester, and given that, things are winding down a bit. I have to start making up the final exams (I'm giving 2) and get back the last bit of grading that I have in my possession. It's... an annoying time of year. But it's not as bad as it has been, because I'm more on top of my grading than I've been in the past.
So, we're talking about a few things in the BL class, and somehow the discussion turned to what classes I'm teaching in the fall. Now, I know I'm teaching another Brit Lit 2 course online (oy, stupid workshops), a Comp II class, and I'm slated for a Comp I class, but it's one of those heinous 9:00-11:45 Friday classes. The department chair of online studies wants me to teach another Comp I class, but I'm reeeeally resisting.
Anyway, the class asks me why I'm not doing another lit class. I explained that I wasn't sure whether I'd be around in the fall, what with PhD apps and all, and if they wanted to complain, they had to take it to the department chair -- my boss.
Long story short -- after class, half the class went down to the Dept. Chair's office with me, and begged him (with pouting and puppy eyes -- and bribery) to let me teach another literature class in the fall. It looks like I might get a Brit Lit 1 survey, which is a bit earlier than I like (Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, etc), but also includes Shakespeare, who makes me smile a lot.
I love those kids. I really do. Okay, some of them are my age, and not really "kids." I still love them to pieces.
There's only one week of regular classes left in the semester, and given that, things are winding down a bit. I have to start making up the final exams (I'm giving 2) and get back the last bit of grading that I have in my possession. It's... an annoying time of year. But it's not as bad as it has been, because I'm more on top of my grading than I've been in the past.
So, we're talking about a few things in the BL class, and somehow the discussion turned to what classes I'm teaching in the fall. Now, I know I'm teaching another Brit Lit 2 course online (oy, stupid workshops), a Comp II class, and I'm slated for a Comp I class, but it's one of those heinous 9:00-11:45 Friday classes. The department chair of online studies wants me to teach another Comp I class, but I'm reeeeally resisting.
Anyway, the class asks me why I'm not doing another lit class. I explained that I wasn't sure whether I'd be around in the fall, what with PhD apps and all, and if they wanted to complain, they had to take it to the department chair -- my boss.
Long story short -- after class, half the class went down to the Dept. Chair's office with me, and begged him (with pouting and puppy eyes -- and bribery) to let me teach another literature class in the fall. It looks like I might get a Brit Lit 1 survey, which is a bit earlier than I like (Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, etc), but also includes Shakespeare, who makes me smile a lot.
I love those kids. I really do. Okay, some of them are my age, and not really "kids." I still love them to pieces.
