Oh, my. I just stopped by the blog and realized that it has been over a week since my last post. Busy blogger. I have been blogging, but like the past few semesters, it has been getting the class blogs up and running for my computer literacy students. The class blog is the repository of pretty much everything for these students. I post homework assignments, test dates, lab hours, and other helpful stuff there. The most important stuff are the due dates of assignments and test dates. The most helpful stuff are the step-by-step tutorials which are always loaded with screenshots.
On Monday, I wrote three blog tutorials. Tutorial the first was a fairly short four-screenshot post on how to hyperlink, making sure that the displayed text is all user-friendly instead of merely the outrageously long URL of a news article.
Tutorial the second was also very straight-forward: a seven-screenshot instruction page on how to add and populate a blogroll in Blogger.
Tutorial the third was the biggest: an eleven-screenshot deal delineating the steps needed to be taken in order to download, work on, and upload homework files.
As you can see, a lot of blogging.
Between my own back to school requirements and the Neatnik's, I've been kept very busy and have had little time for much else. Take yesterday for example.
I was up at 6:15. I bolted breakfast so that I would have some time to go over a few last minute details before my morning lecture. I got Number Guy and Neatnik out the door and had just about half an hour before I needed to leave.
Three hours of class later, I tried to get home for lunch. A closed road meant traffic was rerouted and it took me three times as long as normal for my commute.
Did I mention that the students were a wee bit needy and that I stayed 15 minutes over?
A quick lunch, an hour of homework grading, and then I was off to the school to help coach cross country. After that, we stopped at the chiropractor's office where Neatnik did homework and I suffered.
From there we made our way to the tae kwon do school because, while normally I don't like the Neatnik having two after school activities on the same day, colored belt testing is this Friday and she needed to earn her last two belt stripes.
While the kids practiced, I slipped over to the store to pick up a few staples, arriving back in time to see Neatnik test for her stripes. She beamed at her success and it was worth it.
Back into the car to take her home and provide her with sustenance and myself with anti-inflammatories for the back pain.
Right after dinner, Neatnik was shunted off to the shower and I was back to grading programming projects. Number Guy tinkered with his computer. Post-shower was time for revisiting science, social studies, and religion notes since I am pretty sure there are tests later this week. Half an hour of reading, prayers, hugs and kisses and Neatnik was off to dreamland.
And I was still grading assignments.
Back to school is truly a busy season.
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Oh, my, I'm tired just reading up all of that. I hope your back feels better soon!
I agree and I saw have not gotten back into the swing of it yet
Reading how busy you are makes me thankful I'm not teaching any more. It's the extra stuff that put me over the edge. And as a contract teacher, I was only paid for classroom hours, but nothing else. I became resentful.
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Hi there! every now and then I get an email from you by accident in my gmail. No big deal but I thought I would let you know. It was your reply to lookinout's comment that I received.
I see you like wool too! Have a great day. Ali :)
Tell Neatnik I said congratulations on her new stripes!
Yay! New stripes for Neatnik! I'm really proud of her! I don't have any stripes...
Sorry you're so busy these days. I wish I could tell you it will get better as the semester progresses, but reading about classes past makes me less than sure of that. I find that marking the vacation days on the calendar helps. :)
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