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...

Grading is time-consuming

I received this comment: Please add me to the waiting list.  I think it would be worth triple the money (although I’m not saying j could pay that. Lol). I can imagine it takes forever to grade. Here is my reply: Got it!  You are on the list.  Still working on a...

Settling in…

After days of travel, my family and I are settling in at our apartment in Greece. I am going to begin blogging once more.  It was my goal to blog every day this year.  I lost quite a few days due to travel, but, that’s okay.  I will be picking up the pace...

Begin it.

The famous German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” I love that quote.  My favorite part of the quote lies right in the middle. “Begin...