First Day Back in the Class for Spring 2010

Felt good to be in front of new students, and then again, I wanted to be home working on the house, my manuscripts, and my hats, plus pushing Ginet a little harder in her studies. Damn, not enough time to do all those things you want and "need." Something always gets lost.

Lost in revision

Not the revision I want to be working on; it is the revision of the syllabus. I've decided to eliminate the Essay Project and allow extra time for the first two projects. After three semesters of four projects, I realize the first two projects fail in getting the results I want. One problem, the first two projects means longer papers. Oh, well, I think I will succeed in doing this because the Research Project will now have a full annotated bibliography. I'll make the Essay Project a journal assignment requiring three full pages. I like the Essay Project because it made the students actually look at the required readings more closely to answer specific questions.

No more about the syllabus. I'm here to rant about medicaid once again. I want something more like "real" insurance. I'm so tired of all the spend down garbage. We are not making enough money to spend out up front! Why can't the system just say $10 co-pay? With a $750 spend down, how much does that come to per month if split up into a co-pay? Someone want to do the math for me? It would be easier to plan on visits when the budget is set up for it, then to spend out $750 whenever. What is the reality of medicaid? There is none. I know this. There is never a reality side to the government. Okay, $64.25 is much easier to dole out once a month, or each visit then to worry if I have $250 for a visit.