First quiz of the quarter today in geology.
Our state has a 'running start' program where high school students can take college classes in lieu of high school classes. The tuition for them is free, all they pay for is books and fees. If they do it right, they graduate from high school and get a 2 year degree at the same time using the same credits. It's an awesome program which students should really take advantage of, especially at that price.
The downside is that the high school students are all in morning classes and as Renee (my paralegal buddy) and I have found, they are not generally interested in an education. For example, in my geology class there are pockets of running start students who feel they have a right to talk all the way through the lecture. The teacher has done nothing so far to discourage them. She's a petite, worried-looking woman who's trying too hard to be hip; perhaps that's why she ignores their chatter. It's not like they're trying to hide it. On the other side, we have running start students in the paralegal program and they are a credit to the program. Next quarter I'll be glad to be back in evening classes; most running start students like to keep their evenings free. :)
Planning seminars for convention. I love this part. Even though I'm pretty shy in a crowd, in front of a crowd I am someone completely different. The actress in me comes out and I enjoy the experience. It's coming up with something interesting and useful that's kind of difficult. After all, I'm not likely to lead the discussion on armor or weapons, or debate the merits of combat. Combat's one area I've never messed with. When Suz was in charge, I let Kelly do the combat coordinating and I stuck to painting and events, my two favorite reasons for being a GM. When Kelly left, I still could avoid combat because I had a senior GM who was in charge of it. Then Suz left, and my combat GM left, and it's been years down the road and I still hate combat. It's all numbers and there is no joy in numbers. So, of all the things I can speak off the cuff about, combat is the one thing I will not get into. I have had good staff working on it and my current group is very handy with number crunching. We promoted our critter guru to be part of the senior staff, so all the seniors except for me are scripting types. I like that. If I can't do it myself, I like having folks who can.
Our state has a 'running start' program where high school students can take college classes in lieu of high school classes. The tuition for them is free, all they pay for is books and fees. If they do it right, they graduate from high school and get a 2 year degree at the same time using the same credits. It's an awesome program which students should really take advantage of, especially at that price.
The downside is that the high school students are all in morning classes and as Renee (my paralegal buddy) and I have found, they are not generally interested in an education. For example, in my geology class there are pockets of running start students who feel they have a right to talk all the way through the lecture. The teacher has done nothing so far to discourage them. She's a petite, worried-looking woman who's trying too hard to be hip; perhaps that's why she ignores their chatter. It's not like they're trying to hide it. On the other side, we have running start students in the paralegal program and they are a credit to the program. Next quarter I'll be glad to be back in evening classes; most running start students like to keep their evenings free. :)
Planning seminars for convention. I love this part. Even though I'm pretty shy in a crowd, in front of a crowd I am someone completely different. The actress in me comes out and I enjoy the experience. It's coming up with something interesting and useful that's kind of difficult. After all, I'm not likely to lead the discussion on armor or weapons, or debate the merits of combat. Combat's one area I've never messed with. When Suz was in charge, I let Kelly do the combat coordinating and I stuck to painting and events, my two favorite reasons for being a GM. When Kelly left, I still could avoid combat because I had a senior GM who was in charge of it. Then Suz left, and my combat GM left, and it's been years down the road and I still hate combat. It's all numbers and there is no joy in numbers. So, of all the things I can speak off the cuff about, combat is the one thing I will not get into. I have had good staff working on it and my current group is very handy with number crunching. We promoted our critter guru to be part of the senior staff, so all the seniors except for me are scripting types. I like that. If I can't do it myself, I like having folks who can.
posted by Owl Chick at 4/07/2003 07:44:00 AM
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