The week ended well enough. Classes Thursday were calm, peaceful affairs full of attentive students who not ony listened, but asked relevant and interesting questions to boot. It was a nice, small victory in the war on noise in the classroom. There were residual complaints about what happened Wednesday, but all was settled by the end of class. Thanks to everyone offering advice and spport on the discipline issue, both in the comments and through e-mail. Every new idea and strategy helps.
For now, the "permanent 2" experiment seems to have worked. It was, all in all, a pretty solid day. I have no problems with the teaching week ending like that.
My Tournament bracket, though, is another story. In a decision I regret, I picked Stanford to go all the way, and so far they've held up. But my Cinderalla picks were knocked off, and although I don't have Florida going too far, it was painful to see that I'd picked the wrong 5 seed upset (I had BYU making it. Didn't happen). Nothing's doomed here, but I could've had a better opening day. I guess that's what I get for not watching any regular season games, seeing few scores, and doing research the day I filled out the bracket. It could've been a lot worse.
I'm going to make a trip to the orphanage Sunday, and will try to write about it that afternoon. Next week may be a bit hazy though. The family's coming out, so it will be a Very Special Young Famiy Reunion in Bulgaria. Check in often, but I'm not sure when I'll be updating (Of course, that's nothing really new).
Finally, a short promotional opportunity:
Nick, a Stanford attendee and worshipper of a tree or Cardinal or whatever the hell their mascot is supposed to be, reads The Alaskan Bulgarian regularly. Shouldn't you, too?
Posted by Rob at March 19, 2004 08:29 PMRob, you're doing a fine job, with the kids, and with the site. Have fun with the family next week :-)
Posted by: Christine at March 20, 2004 09:04 PMHi there "Anita,"
I'm happy to have the comments section and invite anyone to comment. I don't even mind hecklers who knock the site as long as they're comically dim.
But:
1.)Change your name. It's not exactly what I'd call appropriate, and it's beginning to get annoying.
2.)Don't begin comments with "Oh yeah, this is for..." It makes you look like a jerk without actually saying anything.
3.)Proofread your comments. See if they make sense. Your last few haven't. Work a bit harder next time.
Follow these three simple steps and I'll be more than happy to let you hang out. If you don't, I have no problems making your comments not exist. It'd just be a little more work, that's all. Don't call it an ultimatum, just a zero tolerance warning.
Wouldn't want to lose a great reader like you, now would we? Have a nice weekend.
Posted by: Rob at March 20, 2004 04:03 PM