Tonight I have the second session of my new class, which is really the first because last Tuesday was a holiday. This will be our first in-person meeting, and students have had two weeks' worth of work online. Of thirteen students, I've received exactly thirteen assignments. Just to clarify, each should have turned in three assignments. Some have turned in nothing; some have turned in two. Most have turned in nothing. I was glad not to have to go to work last Tuesday when I was sick, but missing a week puts us behind. The class is only seven weeks long! In not completing the online work, students are putting us even further behind. It doesn't help that the first week is usually a course introduction, and most of that information is a lot easier to explain face-to-face than in uploaded documents.
It also doesn't help that I haven't read (or re-read recently) the section of the text I assigned the students, and I intend to have a discussion based on that reading in tonight's class. I still have plenty of time; I just need a refresher. I've printed out my roster and updated some documents that I will print out to give students tonight. I haven't thought nearly enough about what we will do when. I kind of have to see where the students are before I can make semester-long plans. So instead of doing anything to prepare for my class -- and I need to leave in four hours -- I shopped Prime Day for a while (didn't see much I wanted), called my best friend (we talked for over an hour), cut up berries to freeze (because I have a bad habit of not eating them before they start to get soft), and did laundry. I would love to take a nap, but I really do need to get some work done -- and fast. I'm an awful procrastinator -- or not; I'm actually very good at it -- but I always have things ready when I need to.
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