Super-quickie post

I thought, "Oh, I'll just do this one little thing before I go." This goes under the "famous last words" category. I always think I can "do one little thing"--and then I end up being late.

As is the case tonight. I have to get out of here.

Both 101s were disappointing: only about half the students showed up with essays. I heard from one or two other students in each class, asking what they should do about late submissions. The "bad news" is that it seems I've lost a lot of students: sudden, drastic attrition. The "good news" is, that many fewer essays to grade. I'll take off from Advisement on Monday to grade, but I'll only have to take the one day--and that's mostly to make my life ever so slightly easier, as I probably could get everything done even doing my usual stint in Advisement; it just would be one hell of a push the rest of the days. And, you know, why, when I can just reschedule Advisement to another time?

I still have a lot of homework to mark for the SFs students, so I can't sleep in as late as I'd like tomorrow--but I think I'm almost ready to get everything to them for the second essay, including a number of critical sources that I've pulled out for them to use. They have to do research on their own for the final essay, but this one, I'll provide the materials so they know the kind of thing to look for.

And speaking of the SF class: many of them have really taken off in terms of reading notes. I'm truly enjoying reading those.

Now, I must dash. That was a two-minute post...