Nothing like posting at 3 a.m.

That's what you get when you fall asleep at 8:30, I guess.

Spouse is on Fall Break yesterday and today. He spent yesterday at our old house supervising the packers (we get our actual furniture on Saturday!). Today, he has to supervise a massive grading party for his class of thousands' midterms.

Speaking of midterms, I have now finished writing the descriptions of mine. I don't give out a comprehensive study guide, and if I do, it's the evil sort where I basically write down everything I have covered and tell them some of it will be on the test, or, I write a bank of 30 questions that I give them and tell them I will ask 3. But I do tell them what kinds of questions there will be and give them a sample question or two. I give two tests next week, and one the week after.

I also generally let the students bring an index card or cheat sheet. I feel like memorization is over-rated in a lot of things, and having to boil everything down to fit on a card is actually a useful studying exercise. Plus, it relieves some stress for the students (makes them think I'm "fair" and lets me put things on the test that are more synthesis than recall. So it's a win-win.

I have my Fall Break the week after next. I am going to try to maybe get ahead a little for my classes (!) and I definitely want to get one paper sent off that's pretty much done, and possibly get two sent off. We shall see. It's only 2 days.