Saturday, March 13, 2010

accumulation

Stuff has been accumulating at our house lately. With this emergency job to teach contemporary art, I've had to buy five or six textbooks this week, since there isn't time for me to contact publishers and receive textbook examination copies. On top of that, we went to a library book sale this morning, which resulted in about 15-20 more books for the family. With all of these new books, J and I had to reorganize our bookshelves this evening, just so we could find some more shelf space.

Speaking of accumulation, I thought I'd show you how much paperwork (i.e. lecture notes, activity plans, handouts, etc.) has accumulated while I taught this past quarter. Behold the fruits of my labor:


It may not look like a lot in the picture, but trust me, it's quite a large stack. Keep in mind, too, that this does not include the 20+ Powerpoint presentations I created for lectures. It's crazy to think of how much work I've done over the past few months. I administer the final to my class next week, and then I'll be done (sniff, sniff).

Well, I guess I won't be done, since then it will be time to start creating stuff for this contemporary art course. Luckily, though, I'll be able to save a couple of trees and not print out so much material, since this new course will be online. I'll only need to accumulate computer files for the next while.

2 comments:

e said...

Wow! I think that looks like a lot of material. Clicking on your picture shows how thick that bundle of papers is. HUGE. Well, you'll be prepared if you teach the class again!

I hope you were able to get the textbooks for your new class for a reasonable price. Are you excited though? I've never taken an online class, you'll have to tell us what it's like to teach one.

Bryson and Tara said...

Wow- I can't imagine how busy you've been! Way to go balancing everything as well as you have been.