Ah La

Poetry Scorecard, aside from announcements, will be going dark until June.

I've been inundated this year: dissertation, dissertation defense and revision, job search, 140 students versus the norm of 115 (for Moscow High). I'm inundated this semester: teaching six classes, taking one, doing what I can for a family member's transition to a retirement home. This blog has been on the back burner of back burners of back burners. But that will change.

Next year, I begin a full-time tenure track postion in the English Department of Washington State University. My teaching load will go from about 35 hours per week to 6--I'll be teaching two classes instead of six. I'll be responsible for 50 rather than 140 students. Though my professional reading and writing will increase exponentially, I'm convinced I'll have more poetry time because I won't be reading student papers from 5 p.m. to dinner and from 10 p.m. to sleep. I fantasize about reading poetry for myself/by myself every day again for the first time in years.

Comments

[Raleigh]

You'll be working at WSU and no more MHS!? Wow! All I can say is that there will be a lot of Moscow kids missing out on a great teacher. Take care, Raleigh

[Chris]

Fantastic, congratulations!