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May. 22nd, 2008 05:10 pmNext week is going to be rather more frantic than this week, starting Monday 5 pm and ending Friday 6 pm. Isn't it just as well I got tired this week?
And, from the land of the intelligent (which I do visit from time to time) I'm still contemplating the effects of the influence of Medieval saints' tales upon modern biographies. I doubt I'll ever write this up as anything because none of it's original, but it gives me great joy to know that biographers so often unintentionally shape peoples' lives along Medieval Christian lines, just because of the cultural model we mostly use for biographies.
If you come across a biography of someone who really hates washing and who lives under the stairs and who sulks a lot, that's St Alexis. Does Rowling ever mention Harry Potter enjoying baths?
Now I want to make a list of all the ickiest saints and annoy people by linking them to everyone's favourite people, fictional and otherwise. That would be too, too mean and I've been cruel to my students all week, so I shall refrain.
Next Tuesday is a different matter. Next Tuesday we're talking women's life cycles, so I get to be rude about the penitentials and use Brundage's diagram. Again. It will be fun. Complete and absolute fun, and I guarantee at least one student will get a red face from it.
Also next week I think I might get a 2 day class to map their own cultures. It will have fewer negative side effects than my previous method for achieving a particular learning goal. The question is, though, what sort of maps do they make? The other question is how many holes have my biggest and best paper sheets developed since I used them last?
My final question for the day is for Canberrans. Does anyone feel like a stationery shop in June?
I need more paper of various sorts and it's all too heavy to carry home by myself. I tried buying online just now and either delivery costs the earth or the paper does or they have confusing policies and descriptions and it was all too much for me.
The big things I need are at least 5 reams of copy paper and some more big sheets for world design and mapping and for generally playing havoc with students' brains. Pens and things might also be handy, since my classes keep pointing out that I only have red and green whiteboard markers left.
If you feel like a shopping trip to buy stationery, I'm happy to do the pricing ahead, so we don't have to try 6 shops and find out that the first was the best for the biggest ticket items. I'm also happy to make scrummy coffee at the tail end and maybe even to provide chocolate. I can't carry heavy things, you see, and so bribery might be essential. (I lost a night of sleep on Tuesday to neck pain, so I am fully reminded of the need to be sadly virtuous in this respect.)
Today's post was brought to you by the word 'scatterbrain.'
And, from the land of the intelligent (which I do visit from time to time) I'm still contemplating the effects of the influence of Medieval saints' tales upon modern biographies. I doubt I'll ever write this up as anything because none of it's original, but it gives me great joy to know that biographers so often unintentionally shape peoples' lives along Medieval Christian lines, just because of the cultural model we mostly use for biographies.
If you come across a biography of someone who really hates washing and who lives under the stairs and who sulks a lot, that's St Alexis. Does Rowling ever mention Harry Potter enjoying baths?
Now I want to make a list of all the ickiest saints and annoy people by linking them to everyone's favourite people, fictional and otherwise. That would be too, too mean and I've been cruel to my students all week, so I shall refrain.
Next Tuesday is a different matter. Next Tuesday we're talking women's life cycles, so I get to be rude about the penitentials and use Brundage's diagram. Again. It will be fun. Complete and absolute fun, and I guarantee at least one student will get a red face from it.
Also next week I think I might get a 2 day class to map their own cultures. It will have fewer negative side effects than my previous method for achieving a particular learning goal. The question is, though, what sort of maps do they make? The other question is how many holes have my biggest and best paper sheets developed since I used them last?
My final question for the day is for Canberrans. Does anyone feel like a stationery shop in June?
I need more paper of various sorts and it's all too heavy to carry home by myself. I tried buying online just now and either delivery costs the earth or the paper does or they have confusing policies and descriptions and it was all too much for me.
The big things I need are at least 5 reams of copy paper and some more big sheets for world design and mapping and for generally playing havoc with students' brains. Pens and things might also be handy, since my classes keep pointing out that I only have red and green whiteboard markers left.
If you feel like a shopping trip to buy stationery, I'm happy to do the pricing ahead, so we don't have to try 6 shops and find out that the first was the best for the biggest ticket items. I'm also happy to make scrummy coffee at the tail end and maybe even to provide chocolate. I can't carry heavy things, you see, and so bribery might be essential. (I lost a night of sleep on Tuesday to neck pain, so I am fully reminded of the need to be sadly virtuous in this respect.)
Today's post was brought to you by the word 'scatterbrain.'