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Swimming in Paper
Well, it's too rainy and lightningy here to go swimming in a pool, plus I was at work, so I decided to swim in paper this afternoon.
For a while now I've been putting old student work in my file cabinet. The way it's currently "organized" (i.e., barely at all), I'm out of room. There's huge stacks of stuff that I can now throw away, but I wish there was less to sort through.
I'm required to keep all of this stuff (for a year, I think). I suppose I could dump all of it. But if I did, I'm certain some student would show up demanding things that had already been taken to the dump and I'd somehow get in trouble.
I have enough of my own stuff that needs to be filed and stored--I wish I didn't have to store so much of other people's stuff.
So, I'm entering my plea to students everywhere: We know you probably don't want this stuff either. But coming back to get it makes it look as if maybe you do care, and that's a good thing for everyone (even if you put it in the trash just outside the building door).
And if anyone wants to come over and do my at-home filing, I've got plenty of that, too . . .
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