The Snork Maiden and I barely saw Stubb this weekend–he had theremin rehearsals and theremin performances and theremin coaching all back-to-back. She had a rehearsal of her own this afternoon, though, and we took the opportunity to go out together right after school and see Moneyball, which, by the way, I would definitely recommend. I hurried [...]
Archive for September, 2011
23 Sep
The daughter of time
In this post I described how, last spring, I got up to make an announcement at SA assembly, to a warm greeting from the students. The idea, mentioned in that post, that time makes a big difference to one’s reputation in a school, is occurring to me more and more often this week, as we settle [...]
17 Sep
The strangers in the house
This was the first week of classes and the first week in the new high school building at Starfleet Academy. The actual, physical move was complete in time for school to begin, but the mental/emotional move wasn’t quite done yet. Probably it couldn’t be done until we actually started teaching in the new building anyway, [...]
8 Sep
Day
In the next twenty-six hours, I will (in addition to writing this post): Figure out, with Stubb, how to get the Snork Maiden a ride to her back-to-school picnic (Miz P. will pick her up, as Stubb has a performance and I have a class) Finish an application for a summer 2012 residency Sleep (a [...]
5 Sep
The other side of paradise
Now, about those things getting ready to happen. The transitional weeks are odd because the first three weeks of NLNRU overlap with an unusually long ramp-up at SA, due to the new building and the move. I taught the college-essay workshop, I’ve begun teaching my AP class (in what will shortly be a middle-school social-studies [...]
5 Sep
This side of paradise
Some things are happening, while other things are getting ready to happen. How’s that for an update? I’m finding these transitional weeks very odd. NLNRU is doing pretty much what it’s supposed to–we’re entering the third week of classes–and I would have said the collaborative teaching thing was going pretty well until about three hours [...]
