Good ideas, and thank you for the support, Angela.

Oh, I know I shouldn't read those things! I have students who give me gifts, who stop by my office to talk, to tell me how useful the course has been, or my encouragement, etc. It's not all bad, for sure. I am too sensitive, like so many who come here, and anything less than perfect is not good enough. LOL.

Perna, I am looking over lots of different ideas right now, to reinvigorate my material. It is pretty basic stuff at the community college level, and I honestly can understand that the brightest students headed to 4-year colleges may be under-challenged. On the other hand, my job is to help, as well, many students who are immigrants, who have not had good instruction in high school to get their communication skills up.

My approach to life, however, is that we can all improve. Even though I know most of the students may be venting, I also think there is truth in there that I can use to do better.

I like the idea of "more interactive." Maybe there's even a way to use IM'ing? We are introducing a clicker system, but I have to take the training in that. Very interactive!