I am thoroughly enjoying this cold-ish weather and hope it continues. There is nothing more I like than throwing the windows open (ok, pulling the plastic latches and lifting it up to the safety screw guards) and letting in the cold air and bundling up under blankets and getting warm. Me likey winter. Of course, this is nothing compared to the crisp 30s weather Sara is enjoying in Asheville. I think I am gonna head over to her place sometime next week.....maybe I won't come back. How nice. I really have nothing of any import to say other than to comment on the weather. Will be spending time at the mom;s house this weekend and if the weather continues I won;t have to worry about the broken A/C. Gotta see a show tonight, class tomm. morning, show in the afternoon, show at night, show at night the next day. At some point during that time, must grade some assignments and plan out the rest of the semester. I am looking for new work because the idea of teaching 5 classes is revolting to me. Actually, it;s not the teaching, but grading ALL those essays (225 to be exact, every 2 weeks). I love the teaching process, but find the forced writing assignments to be a waste of time. If only I could decide what they write about and what process to follow, as it is I bend the rules, but can;t work too far outside the box or I get in trouble. I woudl rather the writing have some kind of personal and social relevance than just to write for writing;s sake. I do a little of that now, but the writing is too focused on the "me" and the "emotional" discovery. I would rather students save that kind of emotional diarhhea for their journals in favor of spewing social criticism and analyses on crisp white pages. Damn the corporatization of universities!
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