Evaluations

I keep waiting for the student evaluations to hand out in class, but it appears the university has finally grown up and probably now has online evaluations. This is the same university that didn't have web access to email in 2003. They move a little slow.

There is one week of class left and only two more lectures for me to give. I thought I was going to have a guest lecturer this morning, and then he was a no-show. So I winged it. And I actually did OK. It's like I know something and am pretty comfortable teaching. Go me - gold star! I can tell I've gotten more comfortable as the semester has gone on as I actually stand up to lecture, now, as opposed to sitting and hiding behind my laptop.

Teaching has been good and not very weird - I know I have some specialized knowledge. What is weird is evaluating other people. These are grown up graduate students who are generally highly motivated . . . whatever, I will do it.

We are also finding a new, full time nanny. Sigh. It turns out the internet is still pretty awesome - we posted an ad online and have gotten 5 very reasonable sounding responses (they can write a complete sentence, have some experience) that we will be interviewing. More things to evaluate. And at least 4 people we are going to have to reject. Weird.