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February 11, 2011
It suddenly hit me that this is my last chance to take classes at Oberlin, ever, and there are so many classes that I haven't had the chance to take yet. This is a sobering thought, especially since I've also suddenly been hit by an overwhelming desire to understand everything .
Requirement Blues
January 29, 2011
What exactly should every Oberlin graduate know and be able to do by the time they walk up to the commencement stage? How do we know that she knows? And how do we make sure that her coursework allows her to actually learn it?
On Teaching and Oberlin
January 12, 2011
Luckily, Oberlin gives us the opportunity to be on the other side of the podium, too: I'm teaching an ExCo this spring!
I've almost survived finals
December 20, 2010
So that's what I did for all of reading period, in between taking naps on the couch or the ground and briefly going to Stevenson or DeCafe to procure food.
Thursday
December 4, 2010
Sometimes there's so much going on in a twenty-four hour period that it seems like I should just talk about my day because it gives a hint as to what's happening every day at Oberlin.
If you give an Ali a paintbrush, some paper, and some clay...
November 30, 2010
My friend Ali is having an art show... and I'm close enough to the process to inhale the paint fumes and clay dust.
Course Bylaws
November 24, 2010
A non-exhaustive compilation of rules unique to various professors I've had.
A Recipe for Registration
November 17, 2010
Two parts planning, one part flexibility, five zillion parts luck.
In which Zoë abuses the privileges that her status as a senior provides her
November 12, 2010
At the end of this semester I'll be done with my biochemistry major, and I'll have only one class left in my creative writing major. That leaves a lot of extra credits to take whatever I want.
Work
October 24, 2010
So I read and I wrote and I did my problem set and I got nothing else accomplished, meaning that a lot of things from my to-do list have now been pushed onto my "to-do over Fall Break" list.
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