so my month-long timeout from the real world is over. i spent most of the day in interminable faculty meetings, discussing the same old agenda in the same old futile fashion. we talk and talk and never seem to have time to really make the changes we talk about. we have a new adjunct faculty member this term, she's teaching ESL in several places in Maryland and will teach the Friday morning writing class i taught last term. i'll teach an evening section of the same class, and have Friday off this term! i may live through this one without turning into a monster. a three-day weekend will certainly help. it was good to see my fellow faculty members, many wearing Eagles sweatshirts/hats, etc. i guess the Eagles are doing well? shows what i know about football. i follow basketball to a certain extent, baseball to a bigger extent, but just can't gear into the football thing. as DE has no football team, most sports fans attach themselves to either the Eagles or the Ravens.
this semester i'm not teaching in the Adult Ed division, the noncredit evening classes. so i won't have as much contact with undocumented immigrants as i have been having. nonetheless i am always interested in immigration issues, and this whole brouhaha surrounding W's Bright New Idea about immigration reform. i'm not really sure it's his idea, since i find it hard to believe he has any ideas (yes, saying mean things about the president, so sue me) himself, but, whatever. this is a site that was opened in late summer/early fall to follow the building idea of the Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride from the West to NYC, and remains open for discussion on issues pertaining to immigrants. right now, as you might suppose, it is full of commentary from different sources on this proposed change in the law. some voices you won't hear elsewhere.
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Congrats on your great schedule. I'm sure you'll enjoy those 3 day weekends. I'm about an hour north of Philly. We've got the Eagles mania here too. But not me....football?
Kat
Yes, the Eagles are doing well. They won their division and got a first-round playoff bye last week. This week they play the Packers. The winner goes to the NFC Championship game. The winner of that plays the AFC Champs in the Super Bowl. Still a ways to go and probably more than you wanted to know.
The prez seems to be trying to win Florida and a few other states by trying to win over the Hispanics, but has angered quite a few conservatives in the process.
Good luck this semester
thanks, duane, for the football update. i do have to be able to exchange pleasantries with my fellow local humans from time to time, and sports (along with weather) is always an easy one. IF you know what's happening. "how bout those Eagles" for instance.
School's about to start here, too. John was back this week, going to meetings and setting up computers for his class. Spring semester starts Monday, although with the 3 online classes I'm taking, I'll only have to go tues & thurs, as well as a few weeks in the courthouse on Sat mornings, learning to do title searches. Fun, fun, fun :)
Have a great semester!
Yay, 3-day weekends, I'm jealous! As for the proposed Bush immigration reform, it's obviously pandering which I bet will be watered down in a hush hush way if he wins the election to appease his conservative base.
Another football update -- the Eagles beat Green Bay and will play the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship -- winner goes to the Super Bowl -- and it seems that Rush Limbaugh's stupid remark was just the impetus Donovan McNabb and the Eagles needed to turn their season around.
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