School is now in session! I've taught about 12 class sessions since last week. And I love it. Being in front of the class is a total rush. I honestly thought I would be a lot more nervous than I am. I honestly think that all those years of getting up in front of church and singing and directing a choir the last year totally helped. Acutally thinking back, I sort of treat the kids in my classes like I did the kids in my choir, or my newspaper staff in college, or my committee for senate. It's that relaxed, "everyone should be involved in the conversation" type style. Plus, I like to think that I'm kind of an entertaining person. You may disagree, but the students seem to like me. Or maybe it's that candy I keep on my desk. Hm...yeah, maybe that's it. Damn. If nothing else, at least they know where to ask for help. And I'm starting to see the same students coming back to my office and the desk. And I managed to keep the potentially rowdy guys in line.
Other than teaching classes, I've been going to faculty meetings (just as boring as I imagined), staffing the reference desk (mostly fixing printers, log-ins, and attaching docs to an email), and planning for future classes. Downtime seriously doesn't exist at work. I've also volunteered for a faculty committee and am working on a collaborative book chapter for publication. Yup. Somewhere since college I've forgotten how to say no. Oops.
Clear Lake and Ames were fun last weekend. Brewers, Anna, Milwaukee, church choir and Madison this weekend should be awesome! :)
I'm out for now!
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