And I just replied to your replies! What an exciting morning!
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
vw bug - Jul 29, 2008 4:11:01 am PDT #9055 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Nora Deirdre - Jul 29, 2008 4:13:02 am PDT #9056 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Is all good. Yay! I am gonna take it to the F2F thread.
Jars - Jul 29, 2008 4:13:54 am PDT #9057 of 10001
Oh cool. I never check that thread, but I will now. An exciting day indeed!
Fred Pete - Jul 29, 2008 4:16:49 am PDT #9058 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Vortex, I can only add that putting a scare into the late ones is about all you can do. Maybe asking them to justify being allowed to present when they couldn't meet the deadline....
Daisy Jane - Jul 29, 2008 5:21:45 am PDT #9059 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I still haven't decided. I feel less vengancy about it, so at least whatever I do, I'll be doing it with a clear head.
Meeting in 10 min. DO NOT WANT!
Vortex - Jul 29, 2008 5:44:33 am PDT #9060 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, that is just wrong. I am so sorry. And no grades!? So nothing really to hold over their heads? Que Horror! Maybe a very passive aggressive stance of delaying the presentations as much as possible. Let the folks who got in on time go first, and be speedy, and then for late folks, wait a LONG time between presentations, needle the hell out of them with questions, and help them understand the meaning of respecting others times.
Nothing really. They don't care. The only thing that they care about is money.
Strix - Jul 29, 2008 5:49:56 am PDT #9061 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
My interview was yesterday. I think it went well, although I am still hating answering "Why did you leave your last position?"
I have boiled it down to a "Well, I had many illness-related absences last year and in April my doctor discovered the cause and I had to have major surgery. I was out the last month of school and unable to fuction till mid-June. The issue was completely resolved by the surgery." And then I just smile confidently.
Ugh.
It's a nice school -- I really hope I get it. The only thing that is a little dissapointing is that the curriculum seems a little rigid and regimented. I won't be able to teach what I wish and will be teaching, for the most part, out of a textbook. Ick. The flip side to this, however, is that it makes planning much easier, and I suppose it's HOW I teach the material. And I can always add supplemental stuff and extra credit assignments. NO Shakespeare, tho! I'd be teaching sophomore classes and a newsletter class.
Kristin, I'd have 24 computers in my classroom!
The interviewers were nice, but hard to read, so I think I did a good job, but I don't know. I should know one way or the other by Friday.
Toddson - Jul 29, 2008 6:03:02 am PDT #9062 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Vortex, if they care about money, can you institute a late fee for every assignment turned in after the deadline?
And Erin - best of luck!
Vortex - Jul 29, 2008 6:04:04 am PDT #9063 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
NO Shakespeare, tho! I'd be teaching sophomore classes and a newsletter class.
WTFF? No Shakespeare? What the hell kind of school is this! I mean, I hope you get it and you like it, but I think you should do some guerilla Shakespeare.
smonster - Jul 29, 2008 6:09:40 am PDT #9064 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Erin, I hope you get the job! Good luck. Your answer to that awful, awkward question sounds good to me.
Gronk, y'all. I got an unexpected half day off work yesterday, due to a power outage, but here I am again. Stayed up too late last night and I'm soooo tired but I can't have caffeine due to meds. Tension Tamer tea is not. cutting. it.
I read the hair grooming and bathroom discussions with extreme amusement. (ftr, I have so little hair on my legs that I don't need to shave; I do shave my pits and trim elsewhere. Have never waxed anything ever. I talk on the cell phone in my home bathroom, but not in public. During any given phone convo with one of my sibs, someone will pee. It's pretty much guaranteed.)