Well, my cold still makes me sound like a phlegm-filled wheeze monster, but I do have more energy today. Something actually amused me this morning, and I laughed. Wow! We may be turning the corner at last.
On Wednesday in Econ, we received our final exam questions. My group immediately met and split the questions among us. One or two of the questions had a heavy math content. "You're a numbers person, aren't you, Pam?" asked one woman who doesn't know me from Adam. People usually assume I'm brilliant when they first meet me. It's the prematurely gray hair. It makes me look venerable. Anyway, I demurred, and instead petitioned for and received one of the philosophy-oriented questions.
The one I wound up with is asking me to support or rebut an op-ed article saying economics is a science and environmentalism is a religion. Can the two ever be reconciled? I'm finding it to be the most provocative event of the semester. Next week, I'll blog any juicy bits there may be.
Meanwhile, my NCLB group will meet one more time to work out our oral presentation, which comes up Monday evening. That, and a fluff assignment, will complete the intro class.
A fluff assignment?
The toolkit is no fluff assignment. It's what we call an authentic assessment. I'm very excited about mine.
When are we going to meet to edit and run through the presentation?
Posted by: maya | December 10, 2004 at 01:03 PM
Oh yeah!
I'm glad you are feeling a little better!
Posted by: maya | December 10, 2004 at 01:04 PM
You think? Okay, fluff may be too harsh. But really. It was the part where she said we should make a collage of policy principles that brought that word to mind for me. Are you building a shadow-box, like you said you would?
Posted by: pam | December 10, 2004 at 01:31 PM
If "shadowbox" is another word for "diorama," then, yes.
Posted by: maya | December 10, 2004 at 01:39 PM
Lord. Sometimes I am too tactless to be believed. Do you think I am done completely insulting your intelligence, or should I go for broke and start in on your car or your cat or something? ::shutting up for good this time::
Posted by: pam | December 10, 2004 at 01:55 PM
Oh my.... you are funny! I wish you luck ..."Slouching toward finals". I found you at my sitemeter. What a great thing that is. And come to find out you are wasting government time reading my site. Shame on you! I will be back to see how you are doing{look like we walk in the same blog-circles :-)
Posted by: Sallie | December 10, 2004 at 01:58 PM