Blogging will be irregular until spring term begins. I have no Internet access at home and will be in the office only occasionally.

I'm nearly done with the reading and grading. I just this morning received a whole set of papers from a student doing an independent course. They were stunning. I don't know whether I'm punchy from reading so many hundreds of papers in only a few days or I'm normally insensitive and woke up all of a sudden, but this woman's work left me awed and admiring.

What do I "teach" when I have such a student?

I don't; I get out of the way. She doesn't need me; she needs to do the work.

And then I get to appreciate it.