today is grumpy. i constantly yelled at students (as best i could) for talking during the tutorial. i was angry for the students who wanted to listen, who made eye contact, who wanted to discuss things. the noisy ones mostly contribute to the class when they want answers on how to write their essays. when i offer tips, they're usually not listening. so they'll do poorly. and that might satisfy me. except i'll have to wade through their shit essays.
in an ideal world this would be a reality tv tutorial and i'll evict the dodgy half so that the rest of us can have a decent discussion and make some movement in our understanding of things. but we have to contend with the babble of those who don't care. and so movement is slow, if it happens at all.
i'm going for a swim now. it's been a while. 2 weeks in fact. and maybe this is why i'm so vague and grumpy and cantankerous today (and other days). grr...
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