Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Jan. 19th, 2011 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bearshortyFirst day of history class. I don’t really get nervous when I have to lecture or speak in front of the class. Not since my very first lecture long long time ago. Then, my heart was pounding. But as I started talking it just became right and I’m never really nervous standing in my class again. But the first day of class, especially in the new school is still a little nerve-wracking since I do want to make a good professional impression. The first real lecture is on Monday, once that will be done I can settle into a rhythm.
I got to campus early since I had a lot of little things to do like get my ID. Since that office didn’t open until 9, I sat in the Union for forty minutes on my laptop and finalized my Powerpoint presentation for the day – I needed to go over time and BC and AD system of time. Even after showing and telling what 7th century AD/CE was they had a hard time figuring out what years 7th century BC/BCE might be. Hopefully, they got it by the end.
Getting ID and all administrative stuff proved surprisingly fast and easy probably because it is a small school. I photocopied more articles to put on the class website and the school was really quick in converting it all to PDFs and putting them online. The bookstore did forget to order “Marco Polo” book, but after I caught that, they were fast enough to order it.
I also spent the morning trying to figure out the class website system and it took me longer than I thought it would. But I got it now and can post freely.
The students are pretty good, they all showed up on time, which was a bit weird. Maybe this school, which is so anal about attendance, has them well trained.
“Modern Family: continues to be funny.
I finally started “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” this morning. I got it in the library last Thursday but just didn’t get to it until today. I am really enjoying it.
Papa got a Kindle today so he is very excited about his new toy and kept telling me about all the cool features on it like being able to save quotes as you read into a file. He did say his eyes got a little tired. I, personally, don’t want a reading device, I love the physical aspects of books but I do recognize the ability to download old books in the public domain that are not easily available.
Exercise: 35 min walk
I got to campus early since I had a lot of little things to do like get my ID. Since that office didn’t open until 9, I sat in the Union for forty minutes on my laptop and finalized my Powerpoint presentation for the day – I needed to go over time and BC and AD system of time. Even after showing and telling what 7th century AD/CE was they had a hard time figuring out what years 7th century BC/BCE might be. Hopefully, they got it by the end.
Getting ID and all administrative stuff proved surprisingly fast and easy probably because it is a small school. I photocopied more articles to put on the class website and the school was really quick in converting it all to PDFs and putting them online. The bookstore did forget to order “Marco Polo” book, but after I caught that, they were fast enough to order it.
I also spent the morning trying to figure out the class website system and it took me longer than I thought it would. But I got it now and can post freely.
The students are pretty good, they all showed up on time, which was a bit weird. Maybe this school, which is so anal about attendance, has them well trained.
“Modern Family: continues to be funny.
I finally started “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” this morning. I got it in the library last Thursday but just didn’t get to it until today. I am really enjoying it.
Papa got a Kindle today so he is very excited about his new toy and kept telling me about all the cool features on it like being able to save quotes as you read into a file. He did say his eyes got a little tired. I, personally, don’t want a reading device, I love the physical aspects of books but I do recognize the ability to download old books in the public domain that are not easily available.
Exercise: 35 min walk