Last week, I had to give my Incomplete students their grades. One quit a few months ago, two of them never responded after a month of weekly emails, and two of them actually finished. Even though I told my students that they needed to finish their Incomplete work by the…

Yesterday was my first day back as a software engineer, but all the extra work that I picked up (some voluntarily-ish, some not) for GIR is still going. None of my 5 students who took an Incomplete successfully finished their work yet. I’m giving all of them until the week…

What went well: GIR debrief sessions were really fun! Even though both Tuesday and Wednesday were four hours each, the time passed by quickly because it was breakout-rooms based. I had a good time discussing and reminiscing, and I really like all of the GIRs. During the second day, the…

What went well: I gave some responses to our GIR PM who’s preparing our debrief this week. I think I’ll be leading an energizer as well as help plan a game night! That sounds fun, yay for human interaction! Students shared their mocks, and I really enjoyed seeing them and…

What went well: I’m really excited about the apps my student teams will be making. All the ideas are awesome, and this is super great! The three ideas are an app to: a) track and notify payment due dates of subscriptions and bills (although autopay exists, I think this is…

What went well: Building an app sessions are extremely fun. This week I taught JavaScript which actually required me to prepare, and I also debugged on the spot. There was also a question of null versus undefined, which seems kind of like a stupid JavaScript thing. Apparently null is an…

What went well: I talked to a student from another school, and she opened with an excited “You’re female”! I laughed at that, and talking with her was pretty fun. I really enjoy just chatting with students. For our GIR cohort call, I shared the policy I found out about…

What went well: This week was super chill. I finished making the exam last weekend and had my TA’s test it out which was great. All the work I had to do really was to make Monday’s lecture. …

What went well: There was a lot less work to do because the semester is wrapping up. I think not having to make a project lightens the load by a ton, and also I didn’t have to make any homework assignments. Definitely a light load. At least two professors showed…