Bardiac

I hope you've had wonderful holidays if you celebrate at this season.  I did. And, I became smart phone enabled (I had a flip phone be...

It's not hard like breaking rocks or using a short-handled hoe, but it's hard.  Anyone who grades knows that. But why? It's ...

I gave my two finals yesterday, and by the end of the second day, I'd graded the easy "half" (essay) of each.  I still have th...

I'm reading this stack as they're stacked, which is the reverse of how they were handed in, if that makes sense.  The first few were...

I came in this morning with two big tasks: to finish writing an exam for a student to take early (because they have three exams on the regul...

I was at a collegial gathering last night, and of course some of the conversation turned to the end of the semester, and grading.  And then ...

One of my colleagues posted today about how hard he's finding it to teach first year students, and contrasting the ways his MA students ...

I cried in class yesterday. Yeah.  A bit embarrassing.  It's the Paulina's last speech in The Winter's Tale that gets me ever...

It seems like this semester, I have more students than ever before needing special arrangements for stuff at the end of the semester.  It...

It's that time of the semester when pretty much any course that has projects assigned, has them coming due. I have two courses doing b...

Note: I don't know what to day about yet another day of multiple mass shootings.  I don't think saying anything much matters.  Like ...

We've had a physical activity requirement since time immemorial.  Students usually complete it by taking one single credit course in som...

My school has this program for students who are parents; they can sign up, and write down their kids' (or kid's) ages and what they ...

That's what they call it over in the history department when a student working on their capstone asks another professor for advice.  Usu...

There was a break.  Glorious break! I went to visit my sibling's family.  After a three hour drive, I got there before half-time of th...

My Mom called yesterday, just after noon, on my cell.  I was between classes, so I answered, and asked if she was okay.  She said something ...

I had a most special day yesterday. It begins like this.  Back in the beginning of time, the first house I lived in was across the street ...

It's that time.  We're all stressed and it shows. I spent Tuesday grading like a madwoman, and that made my whole week better.  I ...

In our first year writing course, we're required* to teach the same basic course, with four modules, the third of which is basically a l...

I don't think my tenure track colleagues generally realize this, but we, the tenured governance committee and it's leadership subcom...