it's the end of the semester
I started out with 27, which dwindled down to about 24 within a couple weeks. Now, I have a total of 19. The rest of the crew jumped ship pretty much around Halloween. Some I have heard from and some I just wonder about. But, of those 19 who stayed, no F's were given, no D's were given, many C's, couple B's and two A's. not bad. They worked very hard (most of the time) and showed up (most of the time).
My frustration now comes from two students who failed the exit test and were making B's in the class. I appealed for them to be able to retake (read: revise their original essay) the exit exam during yesterday's class. Well, they skipped the class and now will fail the course. Those of you who teach will know what this feels like. Logic v guilt is a hard thing to deal with, part of me hopes it gets easier to deal with over the years and part of me hopes it doesn't.
Well, the interview went well. The Chair of the Dept. is rooting for me, gave me some tips. I do not like to get excited about things, but I do have a good feeling about this. the good Lord has steered me in a good way this year. I guess it was just time.
So, we will see what happens. They want the person hired by the end of the year. So, hopefully, I will have good news when I come home for two days over Christmas. Then I can come back and tell Pepsi where to stick it.
I think a friend is in a much better place as of late. I have not spoken to him in what seems like a long time, but it makes me happy to think that.
4 months and no word from A. I have no doubt we will always be in each others' lives, but damn these moods of his hurt.
