Don’t take life for granted.

By now, most of you know that my son was recently involved in a serious car accident. He has now been in ICU at Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado for over a week. My wife, my girls, and I received the news while we were in Athens, Greece.  We quickly shut down...

All yours…

For the past 5 or 6 years, and possibly more, I have been collecting student work. Each day, as students send answers to assignments, I check their work and then copy their work into a file. I have also collected my responses to the students, and I have collected my...

Catching up, or contributing?

As many of you know, I’ve been stuck behind my computer since arriving in Athens, Greece.  This has, naturally, been a source of frustration to me.  Mostly, I’ve been stuck here grading papers and assignments. A few weeks ago, I was at a conference in San...

Why it takes me so long to grade…

Yesterday, I posted on Facebook and on my blog.  I commented on the fact that it takes me so very long to grade.   At the moment, I have suspended all new grading for the coming year.  I am simply unable to keep up. Several people wanted to know why.  “Why does...