Break-ing Stripes

 We’re at the start of Reading Break now, and just in time! Besides running a Half Marathon last weekend, I’ve had a number of smaller commitments that have added up to fatigue (went to bed…

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Class-ified . . .

Alright, so we’ve finished with January, and February’s a short month. Before we know it, March will be here with its lions and lambs. Term ends in April, and then . . . ta-da! I…

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It’s Over . . .and It’s Started!

 It’s all cleared away, although there’s a container of mincemeat in the fridge, several more of turkey soup in the freezer, to remind us that Christmas was here. While I was putting together course outlines…

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pre-Christmas Juggling . . .

This marking really puts a crimp in the Christmas spirit. Taking a day completely off is out of the question, because the essays must be returned at next week’s exams, and I can only mark…

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Marking’s for the Birds, What I Wore . . .

 Last Thursday, I lugged home three sections of first-year papers, and then I spent the weekend marking as many as I could per day without utterly locking up parts of my body intended for movement.…

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