| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day three of my new(ish) academic life Day three of the new semester and it's proving to be more than a little challenging. It feels as though the college and the universe are conspiring to make this semester somehow more challenging than the last, in fact. Classroom issues (physical layout, equipment issues, no freaking-air-conditioning, what-the-everloving-eff). A few student issues (nothing unresolvable at this point, but still, it's only day three). And then there are all the other issues. My department (which is basically me and three adjunct professors) was suddenly moved from one division to another (from Humanities to English), which makes for both logistical and big picture headaches. For example, my peer review team is now in jeopardy for various union reasons--which is really unsettling. Oh, and my instructional assistant just told me she may leave after this semester. It's for personal, very important health-related reasons that I totally understand and support but there's just this tiny, selfish voice in my head whimpering why can't we just have one simple, calm semester before things get blown up and thrown around?. Deep breaths, we're only three days in. Sixteen weeks and one day to go, but who's counting? (Me, that's who, totally me). 9:11 pm - 23.08.17
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