Quote of the Day

Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself. ~ C. S. Lewis

9.05.2007

eeeps

Okay, so we are flat broke, yes? and worried about money, yes? So I should be real happy about this discovery, and I am sure I will be when I get over the shock.

But, first, some background. In our state, online classes at the community colleges are 'pooled' and administered through a central hub. This means that students from all over the state register and get put into classes together. When one section fills, another section is opened.

There are -- from an instructor's point of view -- never enough sections, so those of us on the bottom of the totem pole (adjunct faculty with less than 10 years or so of being in the system, for my field) put in our names but rarely get a section.

I had rather forgotten about it.

Okay, I had completely forgotten about it.

I have just learned that I have 25 students enrolled in a course that opens next week and for which I don't even own the current edition of the textbook; I am leaving town in three days for our first ever family vacation.

Do you think I can get away with the ole' "What did you do over summer vacation?" essay?

~Suzanne
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