Salam and good day,
Here I am again, ready to begin another semester. Seems like just yesterday I finished teaching the third semester.
This semester, instead of online teaching, (which I have sort of gotten used to by now), the university wants us to do hybrid lesson. Hybrid, meaning, a combination of online and face to face lesson., ie: 50% of each. Sounds simple enough. Well, it is anything but simple.
The 50% face to face and online only applies to students' learning time,
For the lecturers, its actually 100% face to face, but in the face to face class, only 50% of the students will be physically present and the remaining will have it as an online lesson. That's one scenario. I know. It's complicated.
Anyway, the hybrid lesson consists of six different scenarios based to the actual number of students who are physically on campus and those who are not. Therefore, if I have six sections to teach, and unluckily, have six different scenarios, well... chaos would be an understatement. I'm literally heading into a storm.
The bright side is this coming semester would be my second last before I'm off to my retirement. Sooo looking forward to it. I'm just too old for this mode of teaching.
Speaking of storm, it's October now, and we can expect a visit from our dear friend, the North East monsoon in a few weeks. Yes, Mr Monsoon will come with abundance of rain, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. That gives me an idea for a November poem. Hopefully, I will have the time to think about it, you know, with all the chaos.
But, for now, I need something soothing... here it is...
Despite, the title, My Melancholy Blues, This song is not at all depressing. It is the most peaceful and serene song ever.
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