Packing Day

On the agenda for me is the following:

• Yearbook Slide Show (Time:  1830 - 2030)
• Student Talent Show (Time: 2100 - 2300)

We will advance our clocks by one hour tonight which will make us 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time in the U.S.

Update:

Today I have some meetings with students - those who got their final grade for the semester and who apparently want to negotiate with me.  Blargh.  I hate those meetings.  There has also been a student who is getting an A and who asked me if I gave A+s because her other professors were.  I told her I didn't.  She seemed a little anal throughout the entire semester though about being perfect at everything so it's no wonder that she wants to see an A+ on her transcript.  I have no patience for people like that - it makes no difference whatsoever to their GPA, but they are so fixated on stupid little things like that.

On another note, today is packing day.  I have most of my stuff packed up, but I still have some stuff I need to shove in there.  Faculty/staff are supposed to put our luggage in the hall tomorrow by 10 am so that the crew can take it to the second deck.  Everyone has color-coded tags that correspond with what hallway or "sea" they live on and faculty/staff have their own separate category.  They apparently off-load the luggage when we arrive and then we recollect our bags in the terminal.  There will be UPS services there so we can ship stuff home so I'm planning on doing that.

Second Update:

After the slideshow, Micah (the ship's photographer and one of my friends on the ship) made the following website available for people who wanted to order the slideshow and to order additional images:

www.spring07photos.com

Micah's main website is:

www.micahdiamond.com

in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship - everyone was trying to eat up and share whatever food we all had left

art history professor Robin and politics professor Simon's wife Anne-Claire in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship

me, art history professor Robin and politics professor Simon's wife Anne-Claire in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship

political science professor Giles and me in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship

assistant field office coordinator Kristen and video editor Jon in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship

photographer Micah and resident director Mindy in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship

in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on the ship (clockwise:  mental health professional Marvel, politics professor Simon's wife Anne-Claire, photographer Micah's wife Theresa - standing, AV coordinator John Paul's wife Shannon, nurse Emily, resident director Tom's girlfriend Emily - standing)