Today is the first day of Spring term classes, which means there's one obvious question to ask:
What am I forgetting?
I've spent the last few days alternating baby duty with frantic class prep, and I think I've got everything ready. I'm bound to be forgetting something, though. So what is it? What's the thing I forgot to do that's going to lead to a mad scramble just before the class starts at 10:30?
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Walking the dog.
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The answer, for those who care is that I was forgetting to check that the projector worked with my tablet. Which it does, albeit in a slightly different manner than the other classrooms where I've used it, leading to a couple of extremely nervous minutes just before class.