Today was my first day of summer classes. It was my first day of classes in a while. I went online and looked at the syllabi and let me tell you, I felt daunted. The Intro to Special Ed class feels like it will be plenty of work and when I read "I don't recommend you take more than one class and work in addition to this class" in the class-at-a-glance, I chuckled as I thought ahead to next week. (That's when I'm volunteering for the Vacation Bible School.) The syllabus for Issues in Education felt more cryptic and grandiose (fewer things to do, but man, did they sound ominous), but after class, I was looking over my notes written in ball point pen (one of today's holidays) while drinking some iced tea (another of today's holidays) and thought "I can make this work" while emphasizing the word 'work'.
Okay, that just seemed like a lot of run-on sentences.
In all seriousness, it will be a challenge to complete everyone for both classes, especially since Issues in Education only meets three more times. Plus, in two weeks, I'll have to be part of a debate and lead a creative group activity. At least I have nothing else in my schedule this week. Intro to Special Ed doesn't seem too ominous right now, but I'll definitely need to stay on the ball and find a place for Diversity hours. (Both classes require community service as the Diversity component, but I think I can use VBS for one of the classes.)
As I mentioned before, the Intro to Special Ed class is completely online and this will be my first online course. It's a little weird to think that I could go through the class without seeing any other person in the class (including the professor), but I do take comfort in the fact that I could arrange for a face-to-face appointment and it would only be a 3-minute walk to the professor's office.
Dang it, another run-on. Sorry!
What surprised me today was that my Issues in Education class isn't a typical class either. It's an ITV course and in case you were like me several hours ago (aka not fully sure what that initialism means), I'll explain. There are 9 people who are taking the class in Maryville, while 13 people are taking it in Liberty. The room has a couple of cameras and speaker/microphones all around the room. The professor was with us on campus and while he was talking, one of the cameras was on him broadcasting to Liberty. When a student in our room talked, a different camera took over so the Liberty crowd was part of the conversation. Don't worry, all the cameras were controlled by a person, but it was a new experience. Apparently the professor is going to alternate between being in Maryville and Liberty between weeks of class, so I'll get to have a different experience next week.
Well, I should wrap this up. Tomorrow's to-do list definitely exploded with things for class. I think I'll be okay, but I'll probably just need to keep telling myself that.
Good night. DFTBA.
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