cleaning it all up

Lots of parties this past weekend - feted my mother on Saturday and B's mom on Sunday.

I finished my grades on Friday and have sort of been waiting for the other shoe to drop. So far, only two email questions along the lines of "um, you made a mistake in my grade?"

It's that pesky MATH thing again. Different assignments are weighted different amounts, and missing work is a grade-killer. Students seem to think they can average what they've done and that'll be their grade. Sometimes I play along a little, and inquire how they graded themselves on class participation. (Mean, I know. But full credit for class participation is clearly defined in the syllabus, so if you sat there all semester and never said a word, you are VERY far from "full credit reflects a meaningful contribution at EVERY class meeting.")

I have put away the materials from 2 of 3 classes, but have yet to clean up the electronic files and archive them and back them up. On Wednesday this week, B and I are going to work together on getting our online courses organized for the summer. I should do textbook orders on Wednesday too. Meanwhile, the first of my writing assignments beckons (once I clean up this sty). Onward!