the inga show.

okay, so let me just say, i have not murdered stella and stuffed her in a trunk. she's been super busy as of late, what with packing up and moving to y. those of us who know and love stella are excited for her and this new opportunity; however, we are also alarmed. the town of y, it turns out, has a church on every corner of every street. stella, it's widely known, is suspicious of people who believe in god. not that stella is the anti-christ or anything, but you know.

so while i could go on and on about how sad it is stella has left our fold, that really isn't inga's style. so instead, i'll share my latest on the french translation student, last seen sitting in my classroom this summer.

yesterday i read my student evals from my summer course. the criticism was constructive; there were some thoughtful suggestions about planning the course, as well as some suggestions that are moot (sorry, kids, the group project is a departmental requirement). some students were funny and thoughtful. two were snarky, snarky, snarky - the kind of snark that makes inga proud.

french translation: "it's so really painfully obvious this is her first class ever. she really needs to work on it more. and it's unacceptable that she counts spelling and grammar on our written exams. this is a _______ course, not english." because, a we all know, grammar and spelling don't count a bit in _________.

guy sweet on french translation: "she really needs to remember she teaches college. and its [sic] wrong to count grammer [sic] on written tests."

brace yourselves. it's only hours, days, weeks, before our fair stella posts again.