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September 11, 2009 Here we go, year four! TE 250 seems like a great group: they are quite talkative so early in the semester. I am relieved to find that I’m already finding myself looking forward to each class meeting. I think I was actually dreading this semester. I’m not sure why, exactly, except that I’m a little disappointed in myself for not reworking the syllabus a little more. I know I will make changes as the semester goes, but I was really hoping to give the syllabus a complete make over. It always ends up being a little different based on the students, but I definitely did not give it the update I was planning to.

I’m also a little disappointed about my room assignment—the initial room in Wells Hall had exactly 25 desks and 1 chair (26 registered for the course + me). Kristie and Angel were able to help and I was able to get a larger room in Wells on Tuesdays and a room in Erickson on Thursdays. It seems a little bit of a hassle, but at least we have room to move around and do activities.

TE 302 was okay. I am really going to have to work on my attitude about the classroom. I can’t believe how yucky it feels to teach in that room. I’ve taught in such places before, but it’s really hard when I’m teaching teachers. I don’t know why it’s different. There is definitely something about the desks and the chalkboards and being so crowded—we literally can’t sit in a circle with the desks. Rrghh. So, pods of four will do—it works out because we do a lot of small group work, but I still get frustrated that I don’t have the flexibility. And now all I think about is…SPACE.

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