tombrown803 Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 8 hours ago, Old Man said: Your school/district probably don’t know what they’re doing either. Can you really blame that on COVID? Isn't that normal, even when there's no pandemic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Groan. My institution just announced classes will be virtual through January. They have made the exception that labs can be in-person. I get to restructure stuff. Today is the first day of classes, but since all I have are MWF classes my first day is actually tomorrow. Let's see, where'd I leave the cocked hat I can throw my syllabus into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 My Priorities In This Classroom: 1. Providing a safe, respectful place where you can learn by your own experience (which will include failure, sometimes). 2. Providing you with effective instruction and feedback to help you to be successful. 3. Guiding you along the path to being an effective student, citizen, and human being. 4. Your grade. Take care of #1-3, and #4 will take care of itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Time for that glorious annual exercise in pandering to current corporate practices, filling out my annual performance review form. I think I could replace the entire document with the statement, "I am getting too old for this s--t." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 My principal just come over the intercom to announce a county-wide mask mandate (including schools) for the next 30 days. This doesn't really affect me much, as I've continued to wear one anyway this year (as has most of the science department). I don't know how much blowback we'll get from students ... but I do know how much I'll care. Wear your mask, or GTHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Badger credited for unearthing 'hoard' of Roman coins found on floor of cave Spain https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/badger-credited-for-unearthing-hoard-of-roman-coins-found-on-floor-of-cave-spain/ar-AASDBlP?li=AAgfYrC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 How is Badger anyway? And what does he plan to do with his newfound riches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Normal Day / English - Roman - Norse/Germanic Sunday - Dies Solis, Sun's Day - Sunnandæg, Sunna's Day Monday - Dies Lunae, Moon's Day - Monandæg, Mani's Day Tuesday - Dies Martis, Mars' Day - Tiwesdæg, Tiw/Tyr's Day Wednesday - Dies Mercurii, Mercury's Day - Wodnesdæg, Woden (Odin)'s Day Thursday - Dies Jovis, Jupiter's Day - Thunresdæg, Thunor (Thor)'s Day Friday - Dies Veneris, Venus' Day - Frigedæg, Frigg or Freya's Day Saturday - Dies Saturni, Saturn' Day - Sæturnesdæg https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/smart-living/how-the-days-of-the-week-got-their-names/ss-AASC2qL?li=AAgfYrC tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 ... "Normal" day? And in Swedish, Saturday is lördag -- "lögardag", the day of washing/bathing/laundry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Well..."Day of the Week we are used to calling it" was to long a label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 How about "English"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 That would be silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 No, Welsh would be silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 I'm currently proctoring a makeup final on Zoom. I wasn't previously aware that there was anything less interesting than normal test proctoring, but here we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 For interest to some: Ratio Studiorum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio_Studiorum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Hadn't heard of it before directly, though there have been hints that such a thing existed in the discussion of the history of the Jesuits and them finding themselves in the role of running schools and educating broad swathes of society fairly early in their history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Meanwhile, in my no-rest-for-the-wicked-and-that-would-include-me category, I find myself tasked with assessing a proposed revision to the Masters in Teaching program (or some such thing; they may be changing the name as well) at my institution. My initial reaction: there's a galactic-scale s--twad of buzzwords here. Corollaries: (1) It might actually help if I knew what the buzzwords were supposed to mean. (2) I don't think my recent rereading of Cargo Cult Science prior to assigning it as reading in my Solar Systems: Ours and Others course was good preparation for the task in front of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Cancer said: Hadn't heard of it before directly, though there have been hints that such a thing existed in the discussion of the history of the Jesuits and them finding themselves in the role of running schools and educating broad swathes of society fairly early in their history. Apparently, allowance was made for it in the initial Society of Jesus constitution, and it was to be formulated after in a seperate document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Classroom signs Pariah, Logan D. Hurricanes, Pattern Ghost and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 "That there right part ... is that also cow?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 We had a test-to-stay event at my school today. We tested about 1600 kids, about 14% of them came back positive. Yikes. And I just heard on the news that my district School board held an emergency meeting tonight and voted unanimously to go to distance learning through the end of next week. Here we go again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 that's just long enough to see the infections already caused by being in-person to show up, but not long enough for the effects of the imposed isolation to become apparent. It's a breathtakingly stupid edict that can only be interpreted as panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 Differing perspectives on grad school. vs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 Similar to an old theme. A grad school friend of mine, right after his PhD defense in the mid-80s, taped a little (as in, fortune cookie note little) note to his door that said, "That's DOCTOR A-----e to you, buddy!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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