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I know I haven’t written much lately, but I suppose I haven’t had much to complain of. The teaching is still going well and I enjoy it and it also isn’t nearly as demanding on my schedule as my previous job was (though I also make much less money). Still, I think I’m doing a decent job at it, especially for this being my first teaching experience of any kind. I was actually told by my boss recently that another instructor told her that she heard from a student that I was doing an excellent job teaching – I know it’s not much, but it’s at least good to know that I’m not a complete disaster as a professor, right?
The hardest aspect of the teaching I’ve come across so far is having to give students bad grades, especially students who I know are working hard. The elderly woman in my Spreadsheet class really puts forth an effort, but dealing with the technology is just too much for her and she’s failing the class miserably. I have a temptation to be kind hearted and “let her pass” because I can definitely see that she’s putting in a good deal of effort, as she even goes to after school tutoring for the class, which is definitely more than the other students do (though, to be fair, none of the other students need to). At any rate, I can’t really in good conscience assure a future employer of hers that she can use Spreadsheet computer software and it’s my responsibility as the person reviewing her work to not pass her in the class if she can’t use the software. Or that’s what I think.
On an in-house note, I made my diary favorites only a couple of weeks ago due to my paranoia that someone from “real life” is going to stumble upon it one way or another. I’ll probably switch it back at some point, I just felt a little paranoid and mostly the same people read this anyway, I think. Still, I wish I weren’t too lazy to use fake names on here. Would it really ruin my entries if I just called Donna Alicia instead?
I know what you mean about giving bad grades, especially when they’re working hard at it. Could you/ do you spend extra time helping her in class? There’s definitely a learning curve for technology and stuff but I’m sure she could pick it up. My dad did, he’s pretty good at Excel sorts of stuff and he’s pretty useless when it comes to a computer… I mith youuuuu
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Just call her D instead. Glad the teaching is going well.
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That does sound rough about the woman in your spreadsheet class. But you seem to be looking at it from the right point of view. If she tries to get a job utilizing this software it would only end up worse for her because she wouldn’t be able to do what her employer wanted. Glad it’s going well.
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I enjoyed TAing so much in college that I still check job boards at the local community colleges. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It wasn’t too hard for me to give kids bad grades because pretty much all of them were just screwing around and skipped classes. I love paper plates out of sheer laziness. I HATE washing dishes! But I have to get SOMETHING decent so my MIL doesn’t think I suck at life.
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Hey Mattpie. Some guy on OkC messaged me and doesn’t care that I’m fat.
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RYN – The Meagan dream was better than the one I had last night, in which NBG had apparently gotten some girl working at Dillard’s, named Tonya, pregnant sometime within the past year or six months. And he reasoned it was okay he hadn’t told me because ‘pregnant girlfriends’ don’t count whereas the wives do and he told me about the wives. Stupid dreams ruining my days… ~I’ll be
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I think Hunter will take me to doctors if I have to go.
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Your girls leave me some pretty stupid notes. Sometimes I wonder if they have some sort of competition going.
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You don’t need to be told not to blame yourself. You know perfectly well if you passed that woman it’d be unfair to the people who passed legitimately. Also, would fake names really stop anyone who knows you from figuring out who alicia is? And what are you so scared of anyone reading anyway? I think most of the stuff in your diary makes you look like the good, solid guy you are. Am I wrong?
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And thanks for leaving me access, I’ve been gone a while. Glad to hear your job is going well.
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Hey, Matt. Sorry I didn’t “Happy Birthday” you earlier. After the dog died we had to go to class and do grocery shopping. It’s been a rough day. But hopefully you had a good day. Happy birthday, teacher man.
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I see EXACTLY what you are saying and understand now
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I’m not going anywhere, not yet
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Probably not.
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