English 505

The past few weeks have been a blur. The students seem as exhausted as I am, if not more. Most of the assignments are now in and that means that I have a HUGE backlog. However, they (and myself) seem to be hanging on so I guess that is as much as can be expected.

Some of the classes have been good and some have been horrible, even with me thinking that I am letting them down. The portrait playlist presentations went well and the papers generated from those were way above anything else they had given to me, which I was, of course, delighted with. However, in class, some days they have been with me but others they have been elsewhere and I couldn't pull them out. I think it may be that other work from other classes have become more pressing.

My students have also become very innovative. Yesterday, I allowed a group to make a proposal to the class. After reviewing the schedule, they came up with an alternative to having their draft final papers due on Thursday in addition to having consequences for those who did not have it done for that time. Of course the majority of the class agreed. It was just nice to see how they couched their arguments and answered the questions posed by the class. (smile)

Anyway, that's all for now folks!!

Ekeama Goddard