Finals week is done–the grades are in!
One of my summer courses starts next week, but I’ve got the first four weeks set up on Canvas, SO I AM NOT DOING ANY SCHOOL WORK THIS WEEK!
(Except for answering the inevitable, inescapable emails.)
The quarter was fine–every time I teach the International Relations class in Spring, I have a student not do the work but expect to pass, because they’ve already graduated in spirit. And I always have a few squeak by. But there was also a wonderful surprise. The student who thought she graduated years ago turned out to be fantastic. And she said she was surprised by how helpful, practical, and entertaining my class was, saying she wished she had taken it before she started her career. I’m really glad that she got stuck with me when she had to come back.
In other news this week, I was exposed to someone with Covid, but I didn’t get it because of this cool thing called “vaccines.”
Dante’s gums are still sore, so the cooking experiments continue.
I had to spend about $500 to fix a power steering fluid leak, and I did a home test for sleep apnea.
What’s been good this week? Loki (the writer was channelling Douglas Adams in the first episode), Hacks, Kim’s Convenience, and reading The Children of Blood and Bone.
I’ll end up writing about Hacks at some point . . . or at least presenting on it at PCA.
