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October 17, 2004
Hack Hack Cough Wheeze Hack drip drip drip
I have a cold. And I'm currently transitioning from the my nose runs and runs and runs without stopping, pouring nuclear yellow snot everywhere phase to the nuclear yellow stuff is coating my bronchial tubes, filling my larynx and working its way out of my lungs phase.
Yummy.
But at least I got all of the informative speeches graded and the midterm grades calculated and posted. There are going to be some unhappy students on the morrow, I suspect. Not many, but some. But if you don't do the work, you can't expect to get the good grades. Of course, it will still somehow be my fault.
And a part of me wonders if it is. Though how I could assure good grades for my students short of doing the work myself, I don't know. I will still feel guilty if they fail. Am I not explaining things clearly? Am I expecting too much? Am I not putting enough into my teaching? If they don't all do brilliantly, I'm certain that it's me. And if they do brilliantly, I'm equally convinced that it's because they took speech in high school. What a mess. I need to get to bed.
Posted by sally at October 17, 2004 09:51 PM
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