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August 29, 2005
First Day
Today is the first day of the fall semester, and my first day to teach. I feel strangely nervous, or maybe anxious is a better word. It's been over a year since I was in a teaching stance. Although I'm sure I'll be fine once I get there, I have pre-class jitters. This is normal for me. When I was conducting seminars all the time, I was anxious all the time, even though things always went well.
I have both syllabi completed, copied and ready for distribution in class today and tomorrow. I've got calendars for the first units in both classes, which buys me a little time to remember the really cool stuff I wanted to be sure I got in this semester. My Blackboard sites are getting populated, if not as fast or as prettily as I'd like. So really, everything looks good and seems good.
I begin my student life tomorrow. I have books for both courses, and some sense of what a "typical" week will look like. All I have to be sure to do now is schedule in some time for exercise, study, and blogging.
Posted by cageyer at August 29, 2005 10:49 AM