We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. (Mary Antin)

9.11.2006

I've survived almost a week

Tomorrow will mark the end of my first complete week of teaching. It has been tough (as you may be able to tell from my lack of posts). I received good news today, though, it is likely that I will be teaching the exact same classes--maybe even the exact same schedule. That means that even though I might struggle this semester ("might"? Who am I kidding, "might"?) things should be downhill next semester. I'm already a full lecture behind in both of my classes. I was a fool and scheduled lectures on the first day of classes, when I knew I had to go over the syllabus and give a 30-minute assessment test. (My classes are both 50 minutes.) Today I had to give another assessment in my 200-level course, which meant no lecture again. Well, I gotta get back to it. These six minutes have been the most I've spent "screwing around" since I got here.

1 Comments:

At 10:19 AM, Anonymous Ellie White-Stevens said...

Julie--It's Ellie. Looking to send you a package. Can you e-mail me your new address? everellie@yahoo.com

 

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