Hi, internets. I miss you. I will be back as soon as I can. Short version: I did get a teaching gig, rather last-minute. Then I got another one, even more last-minute, and for various reasons (read: short commute) too attractive to pass up, and didn’t feel it would be ethical to drop the first gig, even though it makes for a lot of rushing about. We got home from our travels 12 hours before the first class meeting…in Staten Island. I’m currently supposed to be finishing a syllabus I should have had on Tuesday. Plus all this means hiring childcare.
ANYWAY. The point is I owe you posts and comments and all that. I know. I will be with you when I have wrapped my mind around the fact that two — TWO! — of my students have described themselves in writing as “pretty well writers.” At least they have their health.
For now, I will leave you with a short play, as overheard at campus two:
STUDENT has been talking, in English, to a PROFESSOR who is being polite but clearly wants to be done. STUDENT is oblivious.
Pause
STUDENT: Y como esta usted?
PROFESSOR, surprised: Bien. Habla español?
Pause
STUDENT: What?
Bionic Mamas 
August 30, 2012 at 1:46 pm
The students, they are crazy, yes?
Glad you got some teaching gigs and therefore some cash to put up with such silliness!
August 30, 2012 at 4:32 pm
*vigorously applauds you for getting multiple last minute teaching gigs*
August 30, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Yay jobsssssss!
August 31, 2012 at 12:57 am
Wow, congrats on the jobs! If nothing else, they provide excellent fodder for blog posts (because the most important thing is keeping _me_ entertained…).
August 31, 2012 at 1:04 am
“At least they have their health.” Indeed.
August 31, 2012 at 10:59 am
That’s fantastic! (The fact of the jobs, not the state of the American college student, which is another story entirely.)
I once heard this dialogue on the college campus where I teach.
Student 1: I just HATE it when I go to class drunk.
Student 2: Yeah, me too. It’s the worst.
September 4, 2012 at 6:01 am
Hurrah for work and you make me remember back in the day. I can’t believe it is so long ago I was at university. Mistake, surely?
G
September 16, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Hilarious. Congrats on the job. and the other job. You must be in high demand!