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Grading vortex

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

No matter how well I plan and no matter how hard I work, there comes a point in every semester when I am overwhelmed with grading. All teachers experience that moment when they stare at The Pile of papers in front … Continue reading →

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Students are people, too: When you’re the professor and the therapist and the career counselor…

Posted on February 12, 2014 by

Towards the end of last semester, a blog that I follow featured an essay entitled “I’m Your Professor Not Your Therapist.” In it, the author described feeling helpless and unprepared for dealing with students in crisis. The only advice offered … Continue reading →

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Forging ahead: reflections on the first non-grad school semester

Posted on December 11, 2013 by

The fall semester is grinding slowly to a halt.  If you told me on the first day of classes how this semester would proceed (family ups and downs, moving our whole life, moving the kids from one school to another, … Continue reading →

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