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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

...and I had two whole students (out of the four I was supposed to have).

I should explain that a) I'm teaching an upper level aural skills class for the first time, and b) I'm not a very good pianist. I tend to mess up when playing in front of people, mostly because I was MUCH worse than I am now for so long. I didn't mess up TOO badly this morning, just the occasional misstep. This wouldn't be so bad, of course, if it weren't during a dictation when the students are supposed to be writing down what I'm playing.

*sigh*

I need good piano-playing vibes.

And tell my other two miscreant students to come to class on Monday! Geez!

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

What kind of a class would start on a Friday!!????

Yeah - I'm betting your other two show up next week.

*sends good vibes for Megan's piano playing*

FG

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Thanks, FG! [Smile]

IU would start classes on a Friday, to make up for the missing day that would be July 4 (in order to make the semester EXACTLY 8 weeks). They're crazy, and this, regrettably, is not the first evidence I have seen of it. [Big Grin]

Still, their name on my Ph.D. is gonna get me a job, so I guess I shouldn't complain (much). [Wink]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

I miss school. *sigh*

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Kat, you can have mine, if you like; I'm currently studying for qualifying exams. Have fun!

*runs out the door, leaving Kat chained to the computer terminal for the summer*

edited to add: cf.: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=471

And another one: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=546

[ June 17, 2005, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: Megan ]

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Well, summer classes also ended yesterday -- and those were only like 6 weeks (100 minute classes in some!).

Luckily my class for this session doesn't meet on friday, so I'm good until monday.

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

True enough, fugu, but we musicians don't do class in Summer I. [Big Grin]

I've never done a Summer I class, and since my coursework is over, I can safely say that I never will (and hurrah for that!).

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

*pies Megan*

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Hey, none of that! [Big Grin]

We make up for it by requiring our undergrads to take 8000 1-credit hour courses that actually take up 5 hours of class time and significant out of class time every week.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

True, very amusingly evil of you.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

I'm in the middle of my classes, we started at the end of May.

I have to take a test this week coming up on Morte d'Arthur.

Hoo Boy, that's some good fun there.