Jiffy quick

Paul and I are heading out to dinner in about 35 seconds, so I'm posting fast.

There's a blooper with the P&B email addresses, and yours truly is the recording secretary for this semester. I just sent the minutes to the old group. I need to fix that. (Thought process about becoming recording secretary: "Fuck, I'm leaving anyway, and I'm on virtually no committees. I can do it." Rethinking: "Fuck, I should not have taken this on. I can't find time to do anything..." Rethinking the rethinking: "Ah, whatever. Stop bitching.")

Classes went OK. I wish I had more time to talk about what transpired, especially in the 102. There seems to be a good proportion of bright brains in the class--and two of them said that the handbook is very hard to figure out, badly written, problematic... Interesting. I've never gotten that feedback before. (So, if I teach in the spring, do I hunt for a new handbook? Nah, probably not.) I was hoping that the discussion of the story would take wing a bit more, but one of the best readers/thinkers in the class was obviously holding back in order to essentially force other students to respond. Good for her. Interestingly enough, her daughter is also in the class, and at the end of class she asked that, when the students work in pairs, I could be sure she and her daughter do not work together. Yup, no problem.

In terms of the 101, I realized that they're getting a very slow, easy start--because I need to get the other class in sync with them. But they seem like a relatively bright bunch. They'll do the first substantive readings for Thursday's class. It will be fun to see what they make of them.

And I have the first wodge of homeworks to mark. This will be my fun and frolic tomorrow before class, in Advisement (barring a continuation of the parade of students wanting to change schedules at this late date), and back in the office for a little bit before I head off to my evening events.

I'd say more, but now, I'm going to try to send the minutes to the right P&B body, then race off to join Paul. That roller-coaster is definitely heading up the slope now...