I sit in on weekly house meetings because I'm required to . . . I don't do it for fun!! I have to attend 80% of all meetings, including 1-hr public speaking sessions by house members (everyone presents once a year), 1-hr lectures by professors (about 7-8 of them this semester), interviews of applicants to the dorm, and the meetings in which we decide which applicants will be accepted to live in the dorm. And so on and so forth.
I will be going to Puebla, Mexico! Puebla is 7100 feet above sea level!
Some of my students are already improving!! One student went from a C- in her first paper to an A- in her second paper! Others are inching along, but at least they are inching forward. :)
hectic schedule, but the trip to Meh-hee-co must be a welcomed refresher, eh? :)
ReplyDeleteze capital is one of world's most populous cities..."immportalised" in Denzel Washington's MAN ON FIRE.
say, have u read Hamlet?
Well, I was an English major in college. That means I've read all of Shakespeare's major plays, and a few of his minor ones, albeit a long time ago. I also devoted an entire semester to Milton's Paradise Lost and canonical British literature that alluded to Paradise Lost. I read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in its entirety, and in Middle English (not in translation, thank you very much). Besides that, I got a decent grounding in British Victorian literature, British Modern Literature, and American literature in general. I am now focused on post WWII US literature. Hope that helps.
ReplyDeletei spent the last few nights reading hamlet, after watching Gibson's movie (of many yrs ago)...gonna hunt down Pacino's Shylock soon hehe.
ReplyDeletetell me (or blog) more about shakespeare la...hehe
Alwyn
Congrats on your students' improvement. That's a mark of a great professor : ) Or student, or whatever you are ; ) jk.
ReplyDeleteDo you speak Spanish?
cat: no hablos espanol. i'll need to learn several phrases next semester!! luckily, there's a Spanish native speaker living in my dorm.:):):)
ReplyDeletealwyn: sorry, am far too busy to do any kind of extraneous writing at this point.
rest...rest...take care.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that's convenient! All the same, you'll have your work cut out for you! Spanish on tape, man... listen to it while you're jogging at 5 a.m. ; )
ReplyDeletehahaha . . . i never picked up *that* habit from you, cat! these days i wake up around 7:40am, and that's early enough for me.
ReplyDeletei suspect i'll actually spend more time in the conference hotel more than anything else. but it would be fun to get out a bit!
I read Asterix. It tickles me.
ReplyDeleteIs that considered Medieval Literature?
LOL, Z.
ReplyDeletethewallah: Asterix... isn't that a French cartoon?! Now THAT's a blast from the past!