2nd interview

had a second interview today. asked her if she could simply restate each question, paraphrasing them, and i realized how students would understand the questions. i need to remember, however, that the questions would be translated into their native language, so they might understand them better... or not.

am not going to see my students until next tuesday... we had a nice discussion today, about affirmative action and the importance of diversity in the classroom and the workplace. hard to make them understand. i made them read a whole case report, by justice o'connor, about the michigan law school case and affirmative action, and few had read it. the girl who was the least "positive" towards affirmative action and said she would not like to sit next to a dumb black kid in class who had been accepted just because he was black had not done the reading. of course. the only black kid we DO have in our class finally talked and said he came from a terribly poor background but someone had given him a chance... and i hope it made a strong impression on the rest of my students.

went to the writing lab to get help with my grant, which is DUE TOMORROW!!! aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! still need to spend the night on it! dammit! 14.000 bucks + medical + technology fees + other stuff. worth it.

it's spring, finally. makes life more bearable!