Catching up to do!
Feb. 23rd, 2013 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhameiaMy long week of sick has not ended, and I was laid out on Monday when I could have spent it writing a paper proposal. Still stuck on it, of course, but I'm now also behind on other things, especially since I had to grade response papers, AND since Dr. S has foot injury issues, we had some worries about what would happen.
She'd asked me to deliver a presentation on Journey to the West prior to her injury but she was really hoping to be there for it. So we had to have a camera, and I don't know, I found the tech easy but apparently people get confused by it.
Day of my lecture, I THOUGHT I was feeling better, but my head was getting stuffy by noon, so I ran over to the health center to get myself some super strong cold meds, and was feeling OK by lecture time. Delivered it, and finished it a little before 3 (lecture goes until 3.30) and I think I managed to cover a lot! I started with a bit of historical background and how Journey to the West fits in our course, then talked about the three major philosophies, then a bit about the original document the story is based on (which they correctly identified as travel writing), then broke down the novel and introduced the characters. Finished with a brief explanation of what vernacular novels are and did a quick review. Then after reminding the students about stuff they should keep mind of for their upcoming mid-term next Tuesday, I told them to scram.
I'm going to do as much reading as possible this weekend to catch up and stay caught up, especially since there's another round of grading mid-terms coming up next week.
She'd asked me to deliver a presentation on Journey to the West prior to her injury but she was really hoping to be there for it. So we had to have a camera, and I don't know, I found the tech easy but apparently people get confused by it.
Day of my lecture, I THOUGHT I was feeling better, but my head was getting stuffy by noon, so I ran over to the health center to get myself some super strong cold meds, and was feeling OK by lecture time. Delivered it, and finished it a little before 3 (lecture goes until 3.30) and I think I managed to cover a lot! I started with a bit of historical background and how Journey to the West fits in our course, then talked about the three major philosophies, then a bit about the original document the story is based on (which they correctly identified as travel writing), then broke down the novel and introduced the characters. Finished with a brief explanation of what vernacular novels are and did a quick review. Then after reminding the students about stuff they should keep mind of for their upcoming mid-term next Tuesday, I told them to scram.
I'm going to do as much reading as possible this weekend to catch up and stay caught up, especially since there's another round of grading mid-terms coming up next week.