In Need of Another Weekend Superhero Cape - Day 3 of Fall Semester Grading...We Got This. Today, I'm Hitting the YA Literature Projects

I've spent the past week reading philosophical statements from undergraduates, and now must transition to the YA Literature course for seniors and Graduate Students. I ended up swirling around cushions because I've put too many dents in my usual spots. And it was another day for NCAA volleyball, so my heart was content, although walking Karal was a bit arctic. I'll take it, because the sun was out and for the next few days, it doesn't look like we'll even see blue skies.

I'm excited to dig into the grad projects, though, because I gave them options to write their own novels (of which a couple of them chose to make graphic novels, including Cooper Grayson pictured here (to the left)(thank you, Shane Carley).

I have to say, like the Honors course I taught last fall, I got lucky with this year's crop of Philosophy students. The class caps at 20, but I allowed six more in and I'm thankful. I have/had a crew of amazing thinkers and writers, many of them choosing to go into law school and medical school, but finishing out their education minor, nonetheless.

I figure with two more days of grading, I'll have them all done (except the annual chasing of a couple of students which also seems to be an end-of-the-semester tradition)(sometimes the same ones, but what are you going to do?).

Oh, my gosh. I just had a sniffle...please no plague like in previous years. I want to enjoy this holiday break. 

Happy Sunday, world. I'm cooking for friends tonight, so I need to meet my grading goals. I got this.