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Nov. 21st, 2012 01:53 pmWe got through so much in class today that I am bushed. We developed epigrams and wrote poems and stories starting with the words on my t-shirt. We dangled participles and explored ways of verbally turning the tables on people. Word of the day 'was 'odium' and we wrote elegant sentences using it.
We talked about the difference between a good book and a well-known book and we now all have reading programs for summer. My students have promised me that just because a book appears on a list doesn't mean that they will make assumptions of awesome: they have sworn faithfully to judge books for themselves from here on in. For this, they tell me, they need to read. I've been given very careful instructions as to which books I should donate from my library for the purpose. I shall go through the unshelved books right now and see which six will hurt me least to lose (I'd rather give books to my students than sell them, but I still hate diminishing my library). If I can find eight, it will be even better. The fact that they've happily taken on a reading program for summer (weeks ahead of the holidays, in fact) is another advance.
Right now my block of flats is without water. I might have a bit of a rest until I can make coffee and then I shall do lots of work. A pot of coffee full of work, in fact. And I have the ingredients for two shallow pumpkin pies, and CSFG may well benefit from this tonight.
No doubt there's other news, but I've forgotten it. I did a full hour's work before teaching, you see, and the work is done, but the memory of it is obliterated.
We talked about the difference between a good book and a well-known book and we now all have reading programs for summer. My students have promised me that just because a book appears on a list doesn't mean that they will make assumptions of awesome: they have sworn faithfully to judge books for themselves from here on in. For this, they tell me, they need to read. I've been given very careful instructions as to which books I should donate from my library for the purpose. I shall go through the unshelved books right now and see which six will hurt me least to lose (I'd rather give books to my students than sell them, but I still hate diminishing my library). If I can find eight, it will be even better. The fact that they've happily taken on a reading program for summer (weeks ahead of the holidays, in fact) is another advance.
Right now my block of flats is without water. I might have a bit of a rest until I can make coffee and then I shall do lots of work. A pot of coffee full of work, in fact. And I have the ingredients for two shallow pumpkin pies, and CSFG may well benefit from this tonight.
No doubt there's other news, but I've forgotten it. I did a full hour's work before teaching, you see, and the work is done, but the memory of it is obliterated.