Oh, and I sent an email to that student who had complained about my grading system. I explained the system again, pointed out that, in the five or so different emails I sent out over the course of the semester with the breakdown of average grades to letter grades, each one was slightly different, and they were meant to give the students a sense of where they were at that point, not of what to aim for at the end of the semester, and I used the phrase "as I explained in class" a lot, because he was almost never actually in class and I was getting annoyed by that point in the email. (That last is possibly not as mature as I should have been, I realized after I sent it. But it's not like he can complain about that.)
I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:25:26 pm PDT #9848 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:38:36 pm PDT #9849 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Heh. A friend of mine who became very Orthodox a few years ago sent me an email telling me that she's working for Aish HaTorah (a group dedicated to getting Jews to become super-religious), and her job is to find "secular Jews" who want to go on low-cost trips and learn about Judaism, and wanted to know if I'd be interested in being one of those secular Jews.
Burrell - May 14, 2009 5:49:03 pm PDT #9850 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
If you're a secular Jew, Hil, what am I?
Oh yeah, the answer is probably a very lapsed Catholic.
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:50:57 pm PDT #9851 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
She knows that I light candles, observe the major holidays, and go to synagogue every once in a while. But I don't keep Shabbat, and I don't keep kosher, and I wear jeans and shorts and tank tops, so I'm secular. Oh, and I watch TV. Clearly secular.
Burrell - May 14, 2009 5:53:42 pm PDT #9852 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So Reform = secular?
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:55:59 pm PDT #9853 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In her view, Conservative = secular. Some people who consider themselves Modern Orthodox might be secular to her.
Burrell - May 14, 2009 5:57:55 pm PDT #9854 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oy! But on the other hand, a trip to Jerusalem would be amazing.
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 6:00:42 pm PDT #9855 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's not to Jerusalem. If it were, I might go, even though it's Aish HaTorah. It's trips to places within the US. I think it's spiritual retreat type things.
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 6:25:47 pm PDT #9856 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hah! Just got more info about the trip. It's a trip to NYC, with lots of sightseeing and Jewish learning, and the "pull" is that you get to meet with a lot of high-powered CEOs and do a lot of networking!
I have known her since we were babies. She seriously thinks this would interest me?
Shir - May 15, 2009 3:08:37 am PDT #9857 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Not that that means anything in the real world.
It's like Schrödinger's Cat: in the web, everything can mean and don't mean a thing in the real world. In the meanwhile, you're still a manly man to me.
If it were, I might go
Let me support this offer with "hey, I live there!" statement.
And for anyone who might be interested, I'm recapping Eurovision 2009 (or the part I watched) in UnAmerican.