Ready for Finals

I am so ready for this semester to be over. I don't know what it is, but aside from my Children's Literature class, this semester of class has been pretty boo! In my experience, every semester I have one class that I don't particularly care for. Usually that class just happens to be made of a mixture of students who don't participate much, are major slackers, don't write well, etc. But this semester, I had three classes like that, and that makes for a long semester. In turn, I have probably not been as good a teacher because their lack of desire to be there has rubbed off on me. For Modesto, I only have one more week of classes left! And for Folsom, I only have two more. I will be so happy to be out, and I hope for better classes in January.

On a different note, yesterday I was doing grocery shopping for our housewarming party at the Raleys in Folsom (they have a nice Raleys there). I was going in circles around the deli section because I was being indecisive about pite chips and salami. The guy behind the deli counter had already offered me help a couple times, and I finally took him up on the offer when I was at a loss for buying quality salami (to put with cheese and crackers). He offered to let me try several kinds, "but only because you were such a great English teacher." I was taken by surprise. It turns out that several semester ago he had been in one of my English classes. I felt bed because, while his face was vaguely familiar, I didn't remember him. But we talked for several minutes about my current semester and what he was planning to take next year. As a lot of college students work part time at grocery stores, I am surprised I haven't run into one of my students before. But it was nice to think I was a memorable teacher. I often have to temper wanting them to like me with being tough enough to get them to work. I hope I have more memorable classes (more so than this semester) in the future.