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summercomfort) wrote2021-01-29 09:13 pm
summercomfort) wrote2021-01-29 09:13 pm
some life things
- I just finished my 3rd week of being partially back on campus! Mondays and Wednesdays are hectic, but doable. All the classrooms have windows open and fans on, which means that it's ~40 degrees in the room (lol). We're slowly streamlining the weekly covid test process. Now that I'm not grading / writing narratives nonstop, I'm really enjoying having Tuesdays/Thursdays to really focus on prepping. :)
- Today I had kid conferences. One kid noted that because he's Asian-American and into math, colleges kind of expect him to have As in academics, so all the effort he puts in to achieve said As is just the baseline and will never be appreciated. Which ... yes. And it sucks. And it reminded me of the fact that when my Asian-American students ask me for recs, I want to write about how great they are academically, but then I'm like, "crap, then the rec reader would assume that they're the typical nerdy Asian stererotype", which also SUCKS. There was another kid who was frustrated by some assignments and class changes, and I was like "oh crap, no one ever told you that you can ask for extensions or ask to change your classes" and it reminded me of how hard it is for me to advocate for myself, even when I know I can. Just, that part of me who needs to get permission from an authority figure or from the system itself. It makes me feel doubly glad that I mandate essay meetings with every single one of my students, and that I make signing up for a meeting with me exceedingly simple. Anything to lower these barriers, really.doesn't get to the issue that I teach at a fancy private school
- After my rant last month, Spouse actually got a therapist appointment! and went to it! and started attending a class about anxiety!! And today he was like "wait, what if I don't pre-emptively apologize for something?" I am SO HAPPY for him omgggggg
- Miss Rutabaga watched Lego Batman movie recently, and is now into Batman things. It's absolutely adorable. I've managed to find some children's readers on Batman, so that she's not reading the 1930s Batman stories we have at home. (She can just pick up a book and start reading! It's so amazing!!) She also cycled back to Moana after about 3 months of Spiderverse, and now she's decided that Maui is her favorite character, which makes sense, since she loves being silly. She's going to be 5 in 2 months!!!! :O!!
- Been pecking away at a fic that's currently ~5k words, which is pretty good for me. :) In a couple of weeks it's going to be February Break, and I'll probably have a day or two to do Full Creative Stuff, which would be a good time to properly wrap up The Rutabaga Project, and also draft something about Wong Kim Ark :muscle:
- Today I had kid conferences. One kid noted that because he's Asian-American and into math, colleges kind of expect him to have As in academics, so all the effort he puts in to achieve said As is just the baseline and will never be appreciated. Which ... yes. And it sucks. And it reminded me of the fact that when my Asian-American students ask me for recs, I want to write about how great they are academically, but then I'm like, "crap, then the rec reader would assume that they're the typical nerdy Asian stererotype", which also SUCKS. There was another kid who was frustrated by some assignments and class changes, and I was like "oh crap, no one ever told you that you can ask for extensions or ask to change your classes" and it reminded me of how hard it is for me to advocate for myself, even when I know I can. Just, that part of me who needs to get permission from an authority figure or from the system itself. It makes me feel doubly glad that I mandate essay meetings with every single one of my students, and that I make signing up for a meeting with me exceedingly simple. Anything to lower these barriers, really.
- After my rant last month, Spouse actually got a therapist appointment! and went to it! and started attending a class about anxiety!! And today he was like "wait, what if I don't pre-emptively apologize for something?" I am SO HAPPY for him omgggggg
- Miss Rutabaga watched Lego Batman movie recently, and is now into Batman things. It's absolutely adorable. I've managed to find some children's readers on Batman, so that she's not reading the 1930s Batman stories we have at home. (She can just pick up a book and start reading! It's so amazing!!) She also cycled back to Moana after about 3 months of Spiderverse, and now she's decided that Maui is her favorite character, which makes sense, since she loves being silly. She's going to be 5 in 2 months!!!! :O!!
- Been pecking away at a fic that's currently ~5k words, which is pretty good for me. :) In a couple of weeks it's going to be February Break, and I'll probably have a day or two to do Full Creative Stuff, which would be a good time to properly wrap up The Rutabaga Project, and also draft something about Wong Kim Ark :muscle:
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*goes to find some Robin stickers*
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Also OMG, Miss Rutabaga is nearly five? WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? The Lego Batman movie is so adorable, though, what a great way to get into Batman.
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