Updates

Dumb Birds:

Add another one to the grill. A couple more fluttered off with what must be major league headaches, judging from the thuds with which they hit.

Vagaries of Life:

Just found out that the oldest of the two kids my colleague and his wife accepted into their home is autistic. More karma points to them.

New Beginnings:

Regretfully, the new semester is living up to (down to?) expectations.

Student: "Can you post the due dates for assignments on-line?"
Me (thought): "RTFS."
Translation: Read the fucking syllabus. All the assignments and due dates are contained therein. Not only is it already posted online, I sacrificed a whole bunch of trees to print it and pass it out the first day of class, because if I don't you all piss and moan about the lack of handouts for you to ignore.

Student: "Is anything due next class?"
Me (thought): "RTFS."
Follow-up thought: This is a capstone course for graduating seniors. In a few months you all will be working in a professional capacity for some (luckless) (desperate) (hard-up) organization, and you still expect someone to lead you around by the hand and tell you what you need to do. No wonder the Indians, Chinese, and God knows who else are kicking our ass nowadays.

Me: What are the key points of the assigned case, and how are they relevant to the topic for today's class?
Students: Slack-jawed mouth-breathing glassy-eyed stares, while drool quietly drips from a corner of their mouths and pools on their desks.

I weep for our future...