Old Habits Are Hard to Break - But I Am Trying !

You know I am teaching this English class for Trine.  It is just a one-time thing (really, it is), and I already have the course calendar made and I have loaded in items for this week.

But old habits are hard to break.  I just wasn't happy with the reading selection for the paper assignment tonight.  It is dated.  It is long.  It was one that Tammy used, so I just used it too.

Then in the night (when all good ideas come, right?) I thought, "Why don't you use that Paul Harvey radio broadcast that Steve read during the communion meditation last Sunday?  That would be perfect and timely and could elicit lots of responses."

This morning I was thinking of how I could go into the class and change things to fit that new article.  Then I stopped.

First I would need to change the source for the assignment sheet.  I would need to also change the bib entry that I had created (and that took me quite a while and a few texts to Megan to accomplish).

Second I would need to find the Paul Harvey broadcast and attach it into my course on Moodle, then delete the other one.

Third what if some of the students had already read the article, printed it out, marked it, all in preparation for the class tonight---and then I changed it at the last minute.  Not a good way to build confidence in the instruction.  I could hear it later 'If Mrs. Siemens is teaching that class, don't take it.  She changes things at the last minute.  Drove me crazy!'  A few of them had printed everything ahead of time last week so it is possible they have done the same this week too.

Fourth we are going to Megan's to take Cooper to pre-school, spend some snuggling time with Lynnlee and visit with Megan, and there will be lots of time spent on the road today. When do I have time to do all of this changing?

So I am staying with the education article.  Everything will stay the same.  Not worth it to make the changes now.  If I had thought of it on Sunday after the communion meditation, then maybe....but on second thought, Why?  It's fine the way it is.

Go with what I have.  If I were teaching the class every semester, I might make the change and see how it worked and then make it permanent for later.  But I am not.

I can still make a note of it for future reference though.  One never knows......