Perhaps this should be an apt description of why I blog. Alas, the truth is that I have a head cold and it has put me out of commission on the second half of the first week of school. I’ve made it to the first days of class, but I’ve had to cancel some second classes. There’s a night class I have to make it to tonight and I’m going to have to cut that one short. Thank God I don’t teach on Friday or Saturday.
This spring, I am forced to wake up super early a few mornings out of the week. I’m not a morning person, so I must resort to using one of those ungodly contraptions – an alarm clock. Whether it’s a wind-up, something digital with a mildly offensive noise, or some music, an alarm clock is an alarm clock is an alarm clock. Not even something like the iHome is exempt.
It’s hard for me to say what my students are like so far. Right now, all I can think about is 30 odd faces per class, and I can’t remember a single one. First days of class always feels like I’ve drank five triple espressos, a definite effect of meeting all of these people. I usually have my students say something about themselves that makes them unique, so thing I did when introducing myself was to come out as an introvert. Some students followed suit and said they were shy, while others were more than happy to say a few things about themselves.
Anyhoo, I’ve got to rest up for the evening class. I’ll keep the first session short as I don’t want to be “an incubus of the viral plague.”
