Summary for Week 3: 02/04/09

I'm glad you all had a chance to see the documentary film, "Normal People Scare Me" this past Monday while I was out of town.

This past Wednesday, we did a little switching around, since not all of you have your textbooks. You should have started reading Chapter 2 already and we will have a lecture on it next Wednesday. Today, I began to discuss Chapter 3 on assessment and we'll finish up on Monday, then go back to Chapter 2 for a lecture. Then, the following Monday... that's right, no school! But, on Wednesday, and this is a change, we are having our first exam on Chapters 1-3.

So, that means the exam will be on Chapters 1-3, not Chapters 1-4 as was in the original syllabus. Why? It turns out we will have some visitors on the day we would have taken the exam, so why not make a minor switch to make things more interesting?

I'll go over things again during class next Monday, just to be clear. Your papers will still be due on the original date, but you are welcome to hand them in sooner.