Birthday Party - The Second Coming

[wiseheart]

As you all know by now, LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But some of us still had most of the comments in our inbox and decided to reconstruct the original party as well as we can, because we had great fun and the discussions were wonderful.

However, to avoid the same mishap occurring to us, we've decided to open up a second entry for further comments while working on rebuilding the original. We still have two days left, and we won't allow LJ to crash our party!

The original entry had 1328 comments, on 6 pages. The reconstructed party has now 500+ (all reposted within one day and a few new ones added), having reached Page 7 already.

Let's see what else can we come up with. New guests are welcome to share the fun. :)

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So, back to work, but that isn't all bad because, look, I got hold of a really fast computer to say hallo to you nice folks. *g*

I had one lesson in the 8th term today and will be with the kids from the 5th and 6th term in the afternoon - those who stay at school because their parents are working. It's such a nice change, not to have to wait 10-20 minutes for a reply to be typed up and another half a minute until it loads.

Any work-related issues you want to talk about? Radek is concentrating really heavily *points at icon* but I have 2 free hours to listen.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I had planned to mark some reports this morning, but I haven't been given them from the student office yet. On the other hand I am sure there are plenty of other things I should be getting on with...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Aren't there always? :(

But at least it meanst that I still have a job. At my age this is an achievement in this country.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Having a job does pay the bills, such as for my internet connection and allows me to have enough money to buy DVD box sets (and minor things like the rent on my flat and food as well) so I will try to be happy about that. Most of the time I actually enjoy my job, so I really shouldn't complain!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The truth is, I like my job, too. Even after 30+ years in this education business. Or I would, if the PTB would let me in peace to do it as I see fit.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I would, if the PTB would let me in peace to do it as I see fit.
I have this to a minor degree as well. There are definitely things I would like to see done differently with how we are teaching and assessing our students, that I think would make them learn more and more efficiently. Some of the problem unfortunately seems to lie in how the bodies that assess our teaching think we should do things, so it might just be something we can't solve on a departmental or even university level.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I'm off work today -- it's a Federal holidy -- so that's my work entry.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Which holiday do you have?

[sammydragoncat]

I didn't get it off, but it was Columbus Day.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

It was Columbus Day, in honor of Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of the Americas. Never mind that it had been discovered and inhabited by people for millenia before that... In fact, it's not a universally marked holiday in the States anymore, and some refer to it by other names.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day