The End is Nigh

Only two weeks of classes and then finals week left. Wow, as I write that I think about the two papers I still have to write (probably only 20 pages total, so not as bad as it could be), and the research papers I have to grade--rough and final drafts. Eek! Finals week used to be the best week of the school year, we'd watch movies--often the whole of the BBC Pride and Prejudice-- and enjoy the sunshine (usually). Sadly, now that I'm a teacher it means doing lots of grading, no matter how hard I try to front-load my syllabus, and making tough decisions like, should I fail (meaning give less than a C, which requires the repeat of the course) the senior taking my required gen-ed along with 24 other hours this semester who is planning on graduating, but really walks that D/C line?