over easy

a watched pot might not boil, but a simmering pot can still burn junk onto the bottom.

today was the last day of classes for the first semester. exams start tomorrow. thankfully, my exams are monday and tuesday, so i have time to get them ready. i've been so busy trying to finish covering material and make review work that i haven't really got the exams themselves finished yet.

i can't help but feel a sense of failure when i look at the work we actually did and compare it to the curriculum we were supposed to cover. however, i really ought not to take the full responsibility, because it would have been damn near impossible to cover it all if all the students were present and punctual and awake, we missed no periods for any special events (as opposed to the 6 or so we miss each week), and the students had the appropriate skills and background to actually do the math. as it is, i chose an outcome and went back and built the foundation under it. how is it possible for integers to be so hard?

i think i am exhausted. i'm cranky as all hell, even with the new puppies and a healthy fiona (for which i am very thankful). politics, exams, and the regular chipping a teacher takes are wearing on me. that and still no sun.

oh. :) I did an excellent sketch today. I'm really proud of it. I've cut back on my tv watching (yay me!) and now I'm working on filling that time with soemthing more productive than, well, this.