I only had one class today, so I thought I would have some time to work on the blog. Unfortunately, that one class is my epic double dose of “fundamental math.” I pity the poor students forced to sit though three boring hours of math. Even I am bored.

Since it’s such a long time, I normally only give 70 minutes of lecture, break, then let them work problems. When the finish the problems, I let them leave, so class has always ended early.

But today is the last lecture before the midterm (no lectures for four weeks!!!), so after the usual 70 minutes, I listed all the topics on the test, and gave them tips. It took most of the second session, so was two and a half hours of talking. I am exhausted.

We also had to finalize the exam. Stuart pointed out that the questions I wrote are hard, so I’m worried that all the students will fail.

Even though I don’t teach for four weeks, I will not be here to plan the first lecture, so tomorrow, I’ll be busy planning.

The good new is my boss, who doesn’t speak English, told me that my two day holiday request was approved, so after the hell of proctoring, I will have two full weeks of vacation. Maybe I’ll buy plane tickets tomorrow.