Week 13: Pansies Versus Crocodiles
The Semester Comes to a Close I had hoped to post a blog every week of the semester about my experience teaching Legal Research & Writing 1 to my Arab students. But, the semester gets so intense about Week 10 that I feel happy just to keep up with class prep and grading. Over the past two weeks, I have conducted individual conferences with students. We look at their attendance record, the point scores on their assessments, their current ranking in the course, and the chance they have for a higher letter grade. I then review their written work. My female students met with me first. All of them have been working hard this semester. They are dedicated to their studies and show it by good attendance, preparation for class, and a level of engagement that still surprises me. After all, we meet from 3 to 4:45 p.m. at the end of a very long day. I told them that coming to class is like looking out on the sunny, eager, upturned faces of pansies in a flower garde