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Semester's over!
18 Dec 2018 04:54 pmI got straight As again. I did surprisingly well in syntax, considering that I don't believe in X-bar theory, but logic puzzles are kind of fun, even if I don't believe that it is anything resembling the actual way language works in the brain. The online language acquisition class was easy (if tedious), and Old English is just another dead Germanic language, so that was easy enough (modulo not remembering what the vowels are in the infinitives because it's ai in Gothic and ei in Old Norse and Old High & Low German... (it's long a in OE...))
I've read pretty much everything there is to read on Class VII verbs in the old Germanic languages (though I recently remembered I have a book I need to read and there's another one I should get out of the library), and I'm taking my notes that I made in a notebook (or by highlighting PDFs) and writing them on index cards so I can organize my information for the literature review part of my thesis more easily. Next I need a research question or two...
I'm teaching 2 classes in spring (normally I'd teach one, but they asked if I could). One of them is perilously close to being canceled, but as long as nobody drops before Jan 4, we should be fine. They're back to back MWF, which means I can work on my thesis in the mornings and go to school in the afternoons. I'm auditing a class that meets TR at 12:30, so I have to go in every day, which sucks, but I never have to be there before noon, which makes up for it.
One of my students came out to me as trans in her essay on the final. I'm honored that she trusts me enough to do that, and I asked her how she wants me to call her in class next semester (because I don't want to out her, but I also don't want to misgender her). She told me her new name and said she wants to be more herself next semester, so I should use female pronouns.
And I've now had 4 students ask me for recommendation letters! They like me!
I'm still learning how to roller derby. I'm a bit frustrated with it, because I'm still not scrimmage eligible, and I'm putting in so much effort, but it's not enough. I refereed at a scrimmage tournament 2 weeks ago and really enjoyed it; I like the camaraderie among the officials. I want to give scrimmaging a try - I've never played a team sport, and I want to challenge myself to do something that's Not Like Me - so I don't want to just quit because I'm not making progress like I want to. And hitting people with my butt is a lot of fun! I know I've improved since I started, and people have told me I hit better than I used to (even 2 months ago) - but I keep not passing assessments, which is how you move up. I don't want to set a deadline, so *flail* I joined a gym to work on strength and get cardio in (it's difficult to motivate myself to run in the early morning to avoid the heat (summer) or in the cold dark (winter)). I don't know.
I've read pretty much everything there is to read on Class VII verbs in the old Germanic languages (though I recently remembered I have a book I need to read and there's another one I should get out of the library), and I'm taking my notes that I made in a notebook (or by highlighting PDFs) and writing them on index cards so I can organize my information for the literature review part of my thesis more easily. Next I need a research question or two...
I'm teaching 2 classes in spring (normally I'd teach one, but they asked if I could). One of them is perilously close to being canceled, but as long as nobody drops before Jan 4, we should be fine. They're back to back MWF, which means I can work on my thesis in the mornings and go to school in the afternoons. I'm auditing a class that meets TR at 12:30, so I have to go in every day, which sucks, but I never have to be there before noon, which makes up for it.
One of my students came out to me as trans in her essay on the final. I'm honored that she trusts me enough to do that, and I asked her how she wants me to call her in class next semester (because I don't want to out her, but I also don't want to misgender her). She told me her new name and said she wants to be more herself next semester, so I should use female pronouns.
And I've now had 4 students ask me for recommendation letters! They like me!
I'm still learning how to roller derby. I'm a bit frustrated with it, because I'm still not scrimmage eligible, and I'm putting in so much effort, but it's not enough. I refereed at a scrimmage tournament 2 weeks ago and really enjoyed it; I like the camaraderie among the officials. I want to give scrimmaging a try - I've never played a team sport, and I want to challenge myself to do something that's Not Like Me - so I don't want to just quit because I'm not making progress like I want to. And hitting people with my butt is a lot of fun! I know I've improved since I started, and people have told me I hit better than I used to (even 2 months ago) - but I keep not passing assessments, which is how you move up. I don't want to set a deadline, so *flail* I joined a gym to work on strength and get cardio in (it's difficult to motivate myself to run in the early morning to avoid the heat (summer) or in the cold dark (winter)). I don't know.
