We started back to school last week, and just about everything was fine. I love my classes and students. My Literature Methods students have already built a strong community of dedicated learners and scholars. When we had an in-class response, I had to stop them, so we could move on. And when I read their responses, they were well-written and intertextual proof they engaged with the text. In my Studies in Film class I get to talk about and watch movies that respond to the city, so all works there. And I'm co-teaching an English Forum so have fun conversations with another instructor as well as freshman students. Even my administrative duties have gone well so far, with a productive lunch meeting and grants completed for the Eastern Illinois Writing Project, letters completed for all of the film studies minor committee members, and meetings set for our advisory committee.
What slowed down my week was my beautiful cork floor. My contractor was set up to put in the floor between Christmas and New Years--but then he had to have surgery. Instead, he started the work at the end of the week before school started and finished it Monday. It was only one day, but working my first day of classes around the contractor made my week a little more frazzled. I"ll take pictures of the floor and share them, though. It's amazing!
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