Some days are super off days in teaching.

And today was one of them.  In my morning classes I was administering a writing workshop and had two separate incidents, both ridiculous.

Incident one included several students walking in up to fifteen minutes late and then being peeved when I cut them off at the same time as the rest of the class.  One student argued parking.  Not my problem.  There are about half as many parking spots as there are people that need them and I always manage to get to class on time to please do me the same courtesy.  The other incident included a student who flat out lied to my face.  I'm not sure if he thinks I'm stupid or that he's more convincing than he actually is.  In any case, don't lie to me.  I almost always know when you are and just because I don't always call you on it doesn't mean I don't see it.  Sometimes I just don't have the energy to point it out to you.

Then in my afternoon class, there was just a whole lot of obviousness that people were not prepared for class.  I actually stopped the class for about twenty minutes, made them leave my room and read.  I know it's the end of the semester and people have a lot going on, but come on.....is it possible that everyone read some things but magically everyone didn't read the same thing?  Don't think I'm so out of touch with reality to think that everyone reads everything I assign before coming to class.  I know that never happens, but it's never happened that every single person neglected to prepare.  With only one week to go, there's a lot of ground to make up next week.

I am going to blame it all on the weather.  Yesterday was 92 with a hail storm in the afternoon and today is cloudy and a high of 66.  So, dearest weather gods, could you please bring back the sun so my students will find their motivation, stop lying to me, and prepare for class.  Thank you.