Students & Papers

This student who hasn't showed up since the first day actually posted his Essay 1 on Sunday night. He acted all surprised when I asked to talk to him, yesterday, when he showed up. He is missing 3 assignments, already, and hasn't sent me an e-mail yet, even though I've told him explicitly that he is already in danger of failing.

I was pleasantly surprised at some of the essays. I haven't graded the MW, yet, but they look really good at first glance. The W class includes an older student who went so far as to send me a draft for my review. That was pretty good, too.

I threw them for a loop after I showed them Dr. DeRosa's "Replace with highlight" way of eliminating passive verbs. Ya'll should have hear the groans! Most of them spent the better part of an hour changing verbs in the first paragraph of their writing diagnostic, alone. It's hard, I know.

Here's my own reminder: I promised Chris I would pick up his portfolio on Thursday and maybe bring it up on Saturday and hang out until about 7:00 p.m. or so (while I grade papers). The good news is that I get my portfolio back, too. I think that has the local color writers paper that I wrote for Dr. Hipp. I hope it does, anyway, because I am considering rewriting/recycling it for Dr. Giles' class. It will make my life a lot easier this term. I may have it in my files, but I think I raided those hard core to put my portfolio together, in which case, the paper never got put back (if I did, indeed, include it in my portfolio). It wasn't one of my best, but a rewrite will ensure that it is really good for Dr. Giles (and Dr. Giles looks at drafts -- that would be the only thing I'd need for the whole course, too -- I love Dr. Giles).

Okay, then. I think I'm teetering on starting a cold. I've been hitting the ColdEase pretty heavy in an attempt to avoid it. We'll see.