Graduation

I like graduation. Yes, it's a long time to sit in an uncomfortable seat while wearing a hot robe, but I really like seeing the excitement on the faces of graduates. And their parents. It's neat to see that enthusiasm, and in some ways, it reminds me of why I like teaching.

Grades are in, and I've even finished the course assessment stuff that my department requires of me. I still don't like that stuff because it symbolizes that responsibility for whether students learn or not falls entirely on me. I feel like students choose to learn or not to learn regardless of my teaching methods. And the best evidence of that is a student's grade. However, I finished a report that will work for the purposes that my school requires.

Yes, Summer begins!