I've finished another story chapter first draft (though that doesn't mean that it's the final draft). Highway to Tartarus is up to 57,500 words--about 186 pages at the same print size as The Godshead. I'm hoping to finish the last three plot-related stories this week, and add a few other stories to the mix.
Also on the back burner is...grading. My Comp I papers were handed in on Friday. I've got five done out of twenty. I need to see how many I can get graded later, after I get the story bouncing around in my head to come out.
Speaking of those papers...I have a student to email. This particular student has a lot going on in their lives, and they've turned in both of the first two papers late. I accepted the first one late because they had a sick eight month old baby. The second? I didn't accept. I have no clue what's going on with that student--they've missed ten class periods. We've been going for five full weeks, three times a week. In other words, the student has missed two thirds of the class. Student needs to drop the class before their failing grade goes on their transcript.
I have more clutter to deal with in the master bedroom, too. It's a lot better than it used to be, but I need to sort through my nightstand's drawers and take out worn out stuff, and stuff I just don't wear anymore for give away.
The rest of what needs done is kind of a waiting game. I need to wait until this weekend for something before I can plan anything else.
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Boy, I'm glad I never got drunk and missed one of your finals, or plagiarized a paper for your class. Maybe you could do like the Catholic church and sell dispensations whereby you forgive classroom transgressions for cash?
ReplyDeleteI don't give finals...or midterms. We work on the paper in class together from the day it's assigned until the day it's due. I accept papers by email by midnight on the due date, and will grant extensions if asked before the due date. My class is impossible to fail, if you just try.
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