If it helps Pix, I'm grading today too. Or at least my plan is to get a couple more papers in before I crash, since a crash is inevitable at this point. I'm already flagging.
Wanna be virtual grading partners?
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
Burrell - Sep 23, 2012 8:15:20 am PDT #20595 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Pix - Sep 23, 2012 8:16:09 am PDT #20596 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Burrell, that's a great idea! I'm not starting until after noon, though, because I'm feeling brain dead at the moment. Must get food. Also caffeine.
Burrell - Sep 23, 2012 8:19:08 am PDT #20597 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Coffee first, absolutely. I'm on my second cup.
Liese S. - Sep 23, 2012 8:28:04 am PDT #20598 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Work, yes! Was it today we were going to do an onerous task day? Grading definitely counts!
I am caffeinated now, and I had almond flour pancakes for breakfast. I still need to go get some cardio in, but I think I can manage a productive day if I get over my innate desire to lie around and watch football all day.
Dana - Sep 23, 2012 8:32:00 am PDT #20599 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I need to get some work done too. At the moment, however, I'm watching football.
Cass - Sep 23, 2012 8:37:08 am PDT #20600 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My goals are lying around watching racing. And putting together a bookcase, moving some furniture and maybe cleaning most of the things. But racing will be on, drat it!
Hil R. - Sep 23, 2012 8:46:45 am PDT #20601 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I was also grading today. But I finished, and so now I'm taking a break, and then planning classes for tomorrow. I don't wanna teach implicit differentiation. No one ever understands it the first time, because we go through the first part of the course way too quickly and they don't really understand what derivatives are at this point, and so when I teach it, I'm looking out at a room full of confused/angry/scared faces.
Pix - Sep 23, 2012 8:56:57 am PDT #20602 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I'm so very hungry. About to go grab brunch.
sj - Sep 23, 2012 9:34:06 am PDT #20603 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
TCG and I went to the farmer's market today, and then drove around near the ocean. Tonight I am taking him out for dinner to a restaurant we have not been to before as one of his birthday gifts.
My uncle is back in the hospital. He went home after his lung had stayed inflated for 24 hours, but it collapsed again. We still have no idea what is going on..
Burrell - Sep 23, 2012 9:53:23 am PDT #20604 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hil is there a really concrete example you can use? I'm thinking about how one teaches math to elementary school kids, and they always use applications of the skill before they teach it explicitly. For example they do pattern-matching to learn multiples (like 2s, 4s, 5s, 10s) in an early grade and then teach multiplication when kids are older. So maybe give them an exercise that applies the concept in a more concrete fashion first?