its finally paying off

I am enjoying Catherine this school year. She is doing really interesting work at school in the pre-International Baccalaureate program and is working very hard. We have had many conversations about the John Knowles novel, A Separate Peace, as she has worked on various writing assignments connected with it. It is magical to see her maturing into a thoughtful student.

students...

Hello professor:



I'm afraid I have to beg your pardon, again, and ask for that lady's E-mail address, the one that schedules which cultural event we'd like to attend.

I had to walk home in the rain and my backpack got wet. I thought it was more water-proof than I found that it was. The piece of paper that you wrote the E-mail address got wet and your ink ran; I couldn't make the address out.



Thank you again,

Marking

I am teaching a class with 42 students this semester. Second year general course on language and society. Shocking range of ability/literacy. My favorite from the pile of papers I just went through: In response to the question: What are some positive reasons for using a local dialect? "Makes them more trustworthy, "more dust of the earth."

Mad Men

We are now addicted to Mad Men. I saw four episodes on the plane back from England and immediately got Craig hooked when season three started. Alison and Sian, this could be your next box set!