{"id":573897765,"date":"2025-01-13T20:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573897765"},"modified":"2025-01-15T02:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:36:12","slug":"syllabus-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/01\/13\/syllabus-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a full day happily typing away at the keyboard today. A full day at the home office. A full day and then some. It was productive. My new class is now prepared!<\/p>\n<p>Except!<\/p>\n<p>I still have to make the Canvas version of the class. But that&#8217;s just a lot of copy-paste, date setting, triple-checking the details, typing some fine print and so on. That&#8217;ll be all day Wednesday, I&#8217;m sure. The readings and videos are set. The grading schema is established. The first five or so classes are essentially prepared. I&#8217;m feeling pretty good about it. <\/p>\n<p>Best of all, I got the thumbs up from my lovely bride, who said it looked like a class plan. <\/p>\n<p>So, good. I turned to the other class. I&#8217;m teaching what I taught in the fall, and only one thing has changed in that class, so it&#8217;s a straightforward prep.<\/p>\n<p>And I also copy edited two things for her. Funny. I asked her to look at a syllabus, which was about nine pages, without all of the boilerplate. She wrote a few notes on it. She sent me two documents, 12 pages, and I sent back a lot of track notes. I&#8217;m note sure that was an equal exchange on her part.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerleeks.jpg\"><\/center>  <\/p>\n<p>It got up to 44 whole degrees today, the warmest it&#8217;s been in a month or so. The long range forecasts suggest we might get a few more days like that this month. But before that, a bunch of more days at or below freezing. <\/p>\n<p>So I went outside to bust up some ice from a great big puddle. It bested me yesterday, but not today! Showed that ice who&#8217;s boss, is what I did. Then I looked up to this beautiful view. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/jan25\/jan12.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a random moment in the middle of January, and it still looks like that. We&#8217;ve got it pretty good, I must say. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for the site&#8217;s most popular weekly feature, it&#8217;s time to check in with the kiddies! They&#8217;re happy to be back in their regular Monday spot, let me tell you. <\/p>\n<p>I caught Phoebe getting ready to be wacky. The crouch-down pose is a big favorite in our house. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/jan25\/jan13.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And Poseidon, we ran into him on one of his regular inspections of the guest bathroom. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/jan25\/jan14.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You never know what&#8217;s going on with shower curtains. You&#8217;ve got to jump on cabinets and sniff them and look over them some times. You never know what&#8217;s going on with shower curtains.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing was found. <\/p>\n<p>But the kitties, as you can see, are doing well. Hope you are, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a full day happily typing away at the keyboard today. A full day at the home office. A full day and then some. It was productive. My new class is now prepared! Except! I still have to make the Canvas version of the class. 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