It's February already?

I don't know why, but teaching this week has been harder than usual. For starters, the class as a whole is on the quiet side, which is understandable because 1/3 of them are ESL students. But seriously, getting any kind of response outta them this week has been harder than trying touch Zhoul's toes. Zhoul is infamously protective of her toeses and will growl, bite and scratch you (in that order) if you come anywhere near her little chubby foot pads. It's a shame really, because I do so love her kitty toes.

I almost just want to cancel Friday so I don't have to deal with them. I do have at least 5 class sessions that I can cancel at my discretion due to conferences--I have to meet with each student individually 5 times over the course of the semester, because of this, I am allowed to cancel one class for each conferencing day.

I was waiting to use my class cancellations until my sister-in-law's wedding later this month, just to make sure I could take time off (by cancelling the class I teach on Wednesday and Friday). But now we're only going to be in Michigan for two days since (at the time we booked the tickets) Brad thought that he was only getting Friday, Saturday and Sunday off. Now, it turns out, he is getting a lot more time off than we anticipated, and it's way too expensive to switch the tickets.

But I do have a meeting on Friday at 10:30 a.m., so I'd have to be on campus anyway. I guess I could just cancel next Monday's class instead.

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at February 1, 2006 7:31 PM  Samantha said...

This is kinda sad that I'm commenting on my own post, but I went ahead and did it. I cancelled class on Friday. I just can't deal with them right now.