am now teacher-lady!

[fox]

have taught first section. not much to discuss vis-a-vis what has been introduced in lecture, so i reviewed that and went on to the english consonant inventory. tomorrow's section is about twice the size of today's, and has a lower freshman:other ratio, so maybe they'll talk more. had a half-hour conversation with one kid after class who wants to take the discussion without taking the lecture (he needs five classes and at least fifteen hours; his four existing classes add up to 14; the lecture is worth three, which he doesn't mind, but it meets at an inconvenient time for him, which he does). funnily enough, this is not actually a completely insane idea -- but i don't think it's the best idea i've ever heard. recommended he talk to the professor who teaches the lecture, the director of the linguistics committee, and the professor who teaches history of english, which is a serious gut and doesn't have the intro class as a prereq. may or may not see him again next week.

my temperature is now 98.3, but i feel a great deal better than i felt this morning -- still stuffy, but more that hopped-up-on-decongestants feeling in which the sinuses are still congested but the mouth and throat are bone-dry. am definitely feeling the sort of tightness in the skin that accompanies a fever.

and where the hell did this thunderstorm come from?