Re: I know my first name is Mysti
- From: butlerdl@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:03:25 -0400
Hey, Mysti and All!
I am quietly lurking too. I am teaching 6 classes--two more than
usual--and am
only staying afloat. So, Mysti, honey, I don't have time to even go to
W-Mart.
Now you know Don's busy when that's the case. So until M&Ms
delivers, I won't
be eating any in the late night. I am sleeping! 'Cause Don's tired.
One of my
classes is an ESL class. I love it! But it's a lot of work. I have so much
to learn.
I'm having a big Halloween bash on Sat Oct 30. If anyone's in the area
come on
by. It will be fun!
Love you all!
DOn
@lamarpa.edu>:
> Hey all--
> no, i didn't die.
> although i have changed my name to chad while i lurk around the
> listserve without giving feedback.
>
> Kathleen--i'm sorry i didn't respond to your woe-mail the other
> week--but i do remember thinking, "This is fabulous writing"--i loved
> the way you described the state of goo between butterfly and cocoon,
> old job and new.
>
> Natalie--I still want to be in your class, writing a letter to my
> parents from jail. Sounds liberating, actually. And of course you
> pissed--i mean passed--who better to hop through rings of fire than
> your pretty poodle self?
>
> Amy--i wanna go to CCCCCCCC222222222! i plan on going even though i
> haven't formally requested funding yet.
>
> chad--i can't keep calling you a lurker if you keep participating in
> the discussion. and hey, where's that phantom cheesecake you promised
> me?
>
> andrea and don--where are you when I need to hit walmart at 2 am for a
> pound of m&m's?????
>
> Jeff--why do you pretend not to be creative, you silly tofu wearing,
> toga eating, beauty of a man? I suggest you go to class with the half
> the poem tattooed on the right side of your head and the other half on
> the left side of your buttocks--kind of a right brain, left brain
> thing. What do you think?
>
> anyone who cares--my life is an embarassing mess of french fried
> hypocrisy--and i don't even like fried food! everything triggers my
> allergies lately--wine, work, whining, working, . . .well, you get the
> idea.
>
> and yes, like the underdog drama i love to act out, i am teaching 8
> classes and trying to figure out how to swirlie two hairy-assed
> incompletes while my eyes are shut.
>
> but here's the good thing:
>
> (i thought if i wrote that line i would find something to say.
> guess i was wrong.)
>
> oh yeah--i love some of my students. i love their problems, their
> searchings, their eyelashes and their droolings. can you tell i've been
> reading their journals?
>
> oh--and here's another good thing: it's pay day. after paying my bills
> and sending money to my kids, i should have enough for one spinach
> quesadilla.
>
> anyone care to join me?
> Bueller? anyone?
>
> love, chad
>
>
>
>
> ms lynch wrote:
>
>
>> Hi, Mary,
>> Oops! You didn't mention anything about non-traditional formats in
>> your first note. I hope this response will be more helpful.
>>
>> I've taught the sort of class you mentioned, too, twice. Both were
>> summer courses in American Literature in which students only met 6
>> times over the course of three months. How's that for insane? I was
>> expected to cover the same material, too. Sure, they cold do all of
>> the reading in 3 months, but how could we possibly discuss it all in 6
>> class periods lasting 4 hours each?
>>
>> I felt I had to drop significant chunks of the reading. I also felt
>> that I was cheating both the students and the institution. First, the
>> students were supposed to get an overview of American lit, but were
>> really only being given a very small taste of it. Their knowledge of
>> Amer Lit, if base soley on my class, would be pathetic. Second, the
>> institution is awarding a degree for the work done in this class, and
>> I thought it was too little to merit that. Of course, I could not
>> possibly cover more in the time frame.
>>
>> How did I deal with this conundrum? I bailed. As an adjunct, I
>> couldn't serve on a committee to change anything, so I just told my
>> department head that I wouldn't do any more of those classes, and why:
>> they are a riduculous way to learn. Ok, you could learn a little in
>> those classes, but not the sort of in-depth study I'd expect if it
>> were me paying for all those credits. You should get what you pay for.
>> Amy
>>
>>
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