Things are going well for Kim and I now that we're through the toughest parts of our respective semesters. Kim has only a few more classes left and, I believe, just one paper and one presentation remaining. Not only does she finish up soon, but she also plans on being able to take the summer off from school. Good for her. She is excited about these items, but also plans on taking a trip to Maine during one of the approaching weekends to help overcome the homesickness, exhaustion, and other stressors she's recently faced.
I, meanwhile, am comforted by the fact that whatever I have left to do, there is at least some finite end in sight. In mid-March, I was busy turning in papers and preparing for my major professional responsibility at Poly Prep: the Ancient Civilizations Festival. I just turned in two lengthy assignments for my graduate class (a 20 pg. assessment of one of my lesson plans and a 27 pg. assessment of one of my evaluations). And presently, I find myself faced with having three more assignments due during these last five weeks of the course. I'm writing this "post" as a break from a 4-6 pg. "critical reflection" of a classroom observation I recently did, will have to turn in one more such paper between now and May 7th, and then have only one other assignment to complete. This last assignment is the major one for the term: an Annotated Course Map. It should include a brief daily lesson plan, weekly syllabi, and a curriculum "map" for a course of my choosing. It can be for either a year-long or semester-long course. That will be an incredible challenge and, I expect, an amazing amount of work.
As I said, though the workload doesn't seem to be getting much easier, I can at least find solace in the fact that I'm done with this grad. class on May 7th and Poly ends on June 13th. As much as I'd like to look to the summer for some rest, I won't know my plans until I hear back about my fellowship application. That won't be until the end of April.
In the meantime, wish Kim and I luck and please understand if I'm hard to reach.
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