Running six-day fall sessions has been pretty low-key. Very few students getting in trouble, no early morning/late night calls, not many parent issues to deal with. I had summer flashbacks, however, when I got a knock on my door about an hour after I went to sleep night before last. One of my TAs has had a back operation, and the wound was ( Read more... )

One session down, and in the middle of number two. The students are all on their crime scenes, collecting way too much evidence as usual. They wanted to collect the leaves of a bush that the assailant might have crouched behind. What? What are we going to determine from leaves? I think they're a little overoptimistic about the powers of today' ( Read more... )

I got back to Chicago on the 28th of August. I will be heading back to the district on Saturday, the 23rd. I've been home for less than a month. I still have stuff in boxes here at the office, and one of my boxes accidently made it to our Chicago storage unit. (We're rescuing it tomorrow, when we go get some things for the fall programs). ( Read more... )

( My Interests Collage! )

1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

After an almost four-month hiatus, I figured it may be high time to update ( Read more... )

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Taken from fbe328 and segul815

Put your birthdate without the year into Wikipedia and see what comes up. (Events, births, deaths)

On December 7...Events ( Read more... )

Susan brought me a published copy of my course materials today. It's all shiny and cool. And I made it! Yay! Due to an increase in numbers, I now have to think of one more crime scene scenario. I really like to do an arson or something involving bones, but I can't think of a mock scene involving either of those that would keep a group busy for ( Read more... )

Wow. Lots to do. The to-do list gains two items everytime I cross something off. I still have a strong sense of well-being though. I think they call that mania ( Read more... )