Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
3/15: a single student
I don't have much occasion to teach one student at a time, but today one of my very serious Etymology students missed the first part of class, and after class we found an empty room so that I could teach her the bit of the lesson which she missed--it wasn't something she would have been able to teach herself. It was such a pleasure to pitch myself for an audience of one: I could use a different tone, a different pace, adjust to her exact speed, answer all her questions. I know one-on-one teaching isn't always practical, but when there's a chance to do it, it's great.
an evening walk with to the park with 2 kids,2 grandkids all under 8, 1 wagon, 1stroller, 1grandma,one pseudo grandma, 1 young mom and a dog on a leash.
ReplyDeleteThose evening walks are among the best to be had.
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