Since I'm supposed to be catching up on grading, as midterms are due by 7am on Monday, of course I decided to blog =). As with most things I begin and want to do, I find myself falling short - keeping up with this blog is only one example of that. But, I do have to admit, and this is and isn't an excuse, that it's been quite chaotic and extremely busy lately, making it very hard to keep up with my blogging. I think I need to put it in my Google calendar so that I can remember to blog. Google calendars has been such a lifesaver, why not use it to make me more organized in these types of activities as well?
I have started reading Great Expectations... I'm finding it rather dull. I'm reading it on my Kindle, which I love, but I'm not sure if reading on that is different for me, or if it is just the book I don't care for. I have to hurry and get done with that book so I can try another to see if I just have to train myself to read differently on the Kindle. I'm finding that I am not getting the normal visualization I get when I read books that I get with the Kindle. Probably just the book - or the fact that I am reading it so sporadically that I'm having trouble keeping up with the story - I'm just not invested in it. It seems like work - maybe this is what my students feel like when I force them to read something... hmmmm, this could be a great lesson for me...
OK... time to get back to grading Gatsby essays... they aren't that pretty, but they aren't that ugly either.
