That Time of the Year

Here we are again ... mid/late June. And my world is full of the same things ...
(1) end of the classes
(2) end of the courses - which mean exams
(3) marking and grading like there is no tomorrow
(4) report cards and number crunching
(5) finishing classes
... and what would all this be without ...
(6) looming unemployment AGAIN?!?!?!???!!!!

And the insanity is such that I don't have the time or energy to seek more work. All I want to do is do what I need to do and go to bed.

Grades are due at 9am tomorrow. I will make it but just. And that is depending on the little pile of Drama I I'm finishing up before bed. Honestly, there is so much I wanted to do, so much I wanted to achieve and complete with them, and I look over what they are graded on, and it is pathetic. How much better I could have done had I had time to pull things together or plan or prepare like I now know I need to.

Things to contemplate and consider:
(1) PLANNING and follow through (short range/long range)
(2) some sort of filing system (both paper and computer)
(3) quicker marking
(4) some sort of system to follow through on missing assignments a LOT quicker
(5) really like the online cyber classroom ...
(6) how to hand assignments in? where to hand them in?
(7) powerpoint assignments!!! (portfolio)
(8) the clearer things can be for the students, the better it is all around
(9) STICK to your plan!!!!!
(10) DO NOT CHANGE DEADLINES!!!! or give leeway, as this last minute marking is going to drive you around the bend.

Tomorrow ... all this done ... for about a month. OR less.

Then Summerstock. But know what? I will not repeat what I've re-discovered!!!!!

And now ... we return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Comments

Lisa said…
A rising tide will lift all boats. You sound so discouraged. I know that. Everything I try fails. There is some missing link isn't there? But what? You do what others do. You try hard...but don't quite make it. As my grandmother said,"Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed" There is so much I want to tell you. Soli Deo Gloria.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all...Emily Dickinson. Hang in there. Want=Desire...lose the want and you will have...the answer is there...the job and how to do it. Build a firm foundation, with love and hope from God. Take Care! I'm here for you. It's summer take some time in San Diego.
2:29 PM
Lisa said…
P.S. A Skylark is a bird which sings as it soars.
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