Class Procedures and Reminders
No P/NP this semester. OU's provost announced yesterday in a Faculty Senate meeting that there would be no P/NP option this semester. I was very disappointed to hear this news. I'm not a fan of letter grades in normal times, and certainly not in a pandemic. OU students showed great initiative in communicating the need for a P/NP option, but unfortunately the OU administration decided against it. Especially after the ice storm on top of the pandemic, I thought there might be some hope, but it now looks very unlikely that there will be a P/NP option.
Project Stack. I made good progress yesterday with the stack! If you turned in a project before 6PM on Saturday, you should have comments back from me. I'll finish the Saturday items today and move on to Sunday if all goes well. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. I'm always so curious when people share a microfiction experiment in their blog, and here's one from Gabby: We are Living through the Future History Textbooks.
Twitter stream. An important item from OU Health Services: you can get a flu shot tomorrow: details.
Here's something going on in Bizzell that I learned about from Professor Evans: check it out if you're in Bizzell! In honor of Agatha Christie and Detective Hercule Poirot:
And here is a moving video about Cherokee speakers who passed last month:
The Cherokee Nation has lost 7 fluent Cherokee speakers in the month of October. We take a moment to pay our respect for these beloved speakers. Cherokee Nation’s thoughts and prayers are with each of their families during this difficult time.
— CherokeeNation (@CherokeeNation) November 9, 2020
Donadagohvi (Until we meet again) pic.twitter.com/FBnPaeQwWj
A fun writing cartoon from Tom Gauld: Tragic deaths in the badley written novel (larger view)
And a video with a similar message: the power of yet!
November 10: Neil Gaiman. Today marks the birthday in 1960 of the always amazing writer, Neil Gaiman. You can find out about Neil Gaiman's life and very prolific writing career in this Wikipedia article. Here's a Boston University student film adaptation of his story Chivalry, which is about a woman who unsuspectingly buys the Holy Grail in an Oxfam shop, and then Sir Galahad shows up:
And an inspiring Gaiman quote: A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams, and a world in which there is hope.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
And an inspiring Gaiman quote: A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams, and a world in which there is hope.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
