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Well, I made it through the first day of classes!
Wednesdays are gonna be looooooooooong for me. I can see it already.
My first class starts at 8:30am. The second one ends at 12noon. Then it's a quick lunch and off to the office to log in a few hours. In the evening I teach at NYU from 6:45 - 8:30pm. I have a lot of energy today because the start of semester is always exciting, plus, it's unbelievable but true...my class at NYU is in a building where you go through a Starbucks to get to the classrooms! I have never seen such a thing in my life. Neither, apparently, did my students as they all expressed the same sort of surprise, bewilderment and amusement. The building used to host an NYU restaurant/program venue called the Ultra Violet.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
famoustp once read his poetry there for an event I organized when I was an NYU student a thousand years ago. Now it's a Starbucks. Well, it's weird but I can't say I'm complaining exactly. I have the distinct feeling I'll be buying a large extra strong something or other every week just to make it to 8:30pm. :-P
My classes seem interesting. I like the professors so far. My students for the Wednesday gerontology course, however, all seem very very quiet. It was a bit like pulling teeth to get them to talk, and there were only 8 of them so I hope this little quiet trend doesn't continue. My hope is they will have more to contribute once they've actually started doing some of the readings.
Aside from the coursework, I was very fortunate to get a great deal of support this afternoon from the Assistant Dean at my program. We had a bit of a long talk about my LGBT syllabus and how I didn't get a shred of support as I was putting it together. But she lent a kind ear, gave plenty of praise, and gave me some good feedback on what I'd managed to create. I know she thinks highly of me, so at the very least I hope to look forward to glowing recommendations when I go to apply for academic jobs.
Now I'm home, feet up, contemplating whether to get a jump on some reading or do some yoga. Chances are, I'll probably just skim LJ and zone out in front of the telly. C'est la vie.
ETA: A meme! Gacked fromubiq31. It's completely subjective, but entertaining. I think my social worker side and my slytherin side show in the full report version.
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Wednesdays are gonna be looooooooooong for me. I can see it already.
My first class starts at 8:30am. The second one ends at 12noon. Then it's a quick lunch and off to the office to log in a few hours. In the evening I teach at NYU from 6:45 - 8:30pm. I have a lot of energy today because the start of semester is always exciting, plus, it's unbelievable but true...my class at NYU is in a building where you go through a Starbucks to get to the classrooms! I have never seen such a thing in my life. Neither, apparently, did my students as they all expressed the same sort of surprise, bewilderment and amusement. The building used to host an NYU restaurant/program venue called the Ultra Violet.
famoustp once read his poetry there for an event I organized when I was an NYU student a thousand years ago. Now it's a Starbucks. Well, it's weird but I can't say I'm complaining exactly. I have the distinct feeling I'll be buying a large extra strong something or other every week just to make it to 8:30pm. :-PMy classes seem interesting. I like the professors so far. My students for the Wednesday gerontology course, however, all seem very very quiet. It was a bit like pulling teeth to get them to talk, and there were only 8 of them so I hope this little quiet trend doesn't continue. My hope is they will have more to contribute once they've actually started doing some of the readings.
Aside from the coursework, I was very fortunate to get a great deal of support this afternoon from the Assistant Dean at my program. We had a bit of a long talk about my LGBT syllabus and how I didn't get a shred of support as I was putting it together. But she lent a kind ear, gave plenty of praise, and gave me some good feedback on what I'd managed to create. I know she thinks highly of me, so at the very least I hope to look forward to glowing recommendations when I go to apply for academic jobs.
Now I'm home, feet up, contemplating whether to get a jump on some reading or do some yoga. Chances are, I'll probably just skim LJ and zone out in front of the telly. C'est la vie.
ETA: A meme! Gacked from
ubiq31. It's completely subjective, but entertaining. I think my social worker side and my slytherin side show in the full report version.My Personality
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