Work in Prague Continues

Even though we are back in New Hampshire, I am getting daily messages from my UNYP students in Prague. I received the first batch of student papers via e-mail. My new skill as instructor is to correct papers on the computer! This means I used the red button at the bottom of the screen, and put my comments in red. I don't yet know how to cross things out, so put them in brackets. Because English is not their primary language, the students had varying degrees of success with a formal paper. This is the only assignment throughout the course where I am grading them on spelling and grammar as well as content. After correcting the paper, I saved it and sent it back as an attachment. One student did not receive hers back from me, and I did not receive a paper sent by another student, but we worked it out. Glitches on the web!

I had forgotten how stressed students get toward the end of the semester, and how much hand-holding has to be done. I might sit in the Faculty Room all semester waiting for students to show up during my office hours, and no one came. BUT that changes at the end of the semester. My Gordon students were the worst. They kept coming in my office during the last week of the semester and bursting into tears. It might be over an A-!!! So please pray that my UNYP students will not suffer from a lack of face-to-face contact these last three weeks. I plan to call them. Lloyd found that if you dial 10-10-9-8-7 before dialing the number, the call is not very expensive.

I went to Southern New Hampshire University today and talked with Sheila in the International Education office, a brand new office set up in September. They did not have UNYP on their list, but we began talking about things we could do across continents. Thank you for your prayers about future projects.