I do not have an office on campus. I really wish I did have an office as a graduate student, but alas no. I have to carry my office around with me, and set it up every time I want to work. I usually just go to the main library and set up in the basement. There are fewer students in that area, so I can handle it a bit better. I just wish I had an office to set up in, at least to share with someone.
It snowed in the valley on campus again this week. Tuesday’s walks to class were quite slippery, and I do not care for that part of this season. Wait! It is supposed to Spring, not the dead of winter.
This is a shot of one of the walkways on campus. This is a major thoroughfare on campus, and I was using this path to get from my computer engineering class to the library to study.
I am taking a teamwork class this semester from Ray’s graduate advisor. My professor is wonderful, and he helped Ray to finish his Master’s degree.
Ray is asked every semester to guest lecture in this Teamwork class. He did a really good job talking about how different types of technology have different value levels for communication. His thesis was built on this premise.
The class has almost 40 students enrolled, and they are all members of 4 person teams. The class is a living example of how teams develop. So each team’s final responsibility is to present on how their teams developed and grew. They will be responsible to use individual research paper finding in their group presentations. I like the model, and I want to figure out how to use it in my own college teaching.
I have spent the last two days working on our taxes. Yuck! I really detest working on taxes, and that is a bit ironic because both of my parents are CPAs. Continue reading
My favorite men are all dressed up to go to LDS General Conference priesthood session. Today has been a good day of conference talks from LDS general authorities. They spent a lot of time today giving advice about how to raise happy children and how to be good parents.
I am so grateful that the men who are closest to me are good men and follow Gospel principles.
It has snowed a lot this week. It has been cold and the snow has stuck to the ground. It snowed and snowed all day on Wednesday. The following is a photo I took while I was walking to my car after teaching my first class of the day. I was in a skirt and I had forgotten my hat. My hair and ankles got wet and cold. Continue reading
I need a new vacuum because the old one died. I have been so busy that I decided to prepurchase on Lowes.com and go pick it up. Well, their site is very broken today, and one big problem is their shopping cart. It kept adding thousands of dollars of appliances to my shopping cart. Take a look at the screen shot of the grand total after adding a $150 vacuum and only that vacuum. Click on the above image to better see the grand total. Good thing I look carefully before hitting the purchase button!
I ended up purchasing it on Amazon for a MUCH better price. It will be arriving tomorrow.
I teach higher education students, and they are all adult learners. For the most part, they do not require behavioral interventions because they are mature enough to be responsible, respectful students in my classes. However, I have experienced bullying from several of my University of Utah students because they wanted me to change their grades to full credit even when they did not earn the full credit. This became disruptive during class two weeks ago when they got no credit for not posting to the online discussion required the day before lecture each week. Two women threw a fit during lecture, and this was especially annoying because my faculty supervisor for the course was in the room. Continue reading
I enjoy Hulu. It really does melt your brain. But have you seen the new Family Guy? The opening is brilliant and beautifully rendered. It is a scene where Stewie is in a spaceship with his teddie bear as they attack Peter’s head seen as a massive space ship.
Kayleigh recently received notice that she has been admitted into the University of Utah’s School of Music program. This is an important accomplishment because it is a very prestigious music program.
I am very excited because I am also a student at the University of Utah. I will be able to help Kayleigh out as she attempts to learn how to be a good college student. She is already an excellent student, but university is different and much more difficult. I am looking forward to helping her with this adventure.
