The title of this blog is a canned progress report/report card comment that I’ve used more frequently than I’d like to admit.
I doubt any educator needs an explanation, as I’m sure most school districts have some iteration that captures the same idea. The truth is that some of our most capable students can be guilty of doing lackluster work at times.
Take, for instance, the fact that I haven’t updated this blog since April.
I feel guilty about this… what kind of self-proclaimed “writer” ignores a recently-started blog project for almost three months?
But I guess I should give myself a break. These last few months have been incredibly busy, not just in my graduate studies, but in work and home life as well. We all know what the last days of school bring, so I won’t bore you with the details there… While I did have about a week and a half to myself between the last days of school and starting summer school, there’s was still plenty to be done. I’m in the process of trying to get a significant construction project off the ground at home. While “that old house charm” is certainly a perk of living in a house built in the early 1900s, a huge drawback is that the original garage (which was built in 1928), is, as they say, “past its useful life.” While trying to construct a bigger and better garage on the other side of my property, I’m running into those typical fill-in-the-blank roadblocks homeowners face when doing construction.
Ok, enough with the excuses!
The summer semester has come and (almost) gone. This one was particularly rough because it involved a STATISTICS course. I should point out that I couldn’t pass Syracuse University’s watered-down version of Probability and Statistics for Dummies (not actual course title, but it might as well have been) as an undergrad back in 1998, so this class was especially challenging.
Today was our final exam. I think I rocked it. I guess I’ll find out soon enough…
The mental anguish that came from four hours of Stats each Saturday morning left me weaker than usual for my afternoon class, which is a bummer because it involved deeply creative and philosophical discussions and projects. My kind of jam. Unfortunately I came into class like a marathon runner who hit a wall way too early. I probably exhibited much too much “inconsistent performance.”
But here’s the great part: I’m FREE for the rest of the summer!!!
Well, sorta… I still have some projects to finish for that second class and three more weeks of summer school. But I can at least sleep in on Saturdays for the rest of the season!
Are you still reading? If so, everything thus far is a preface to my very simple point:
I will be returning my energy to this blog in the coming weeks.
Thanks again for joining me on this journey!
Inside the Launch Window 