So, for those of you with some foolish notion of temporarily sitting in another apartment while waiting for yours to open, I simply have one word for you: don't. I was lucky enough to have two neighbors and my friend Matt, a fellow GC alum, help out with the move, and it was still rough. It also didn't help things that it was probably around 105 or so outside when we were moving it all. But at least I'm finally in my actual apartment, and I have to say I'm liking it. I've got a bedroom and an office, which is something I was looking for. The community I'm in is pretty nice, except for the apparent penchant for having our front gate killed. Gizmo seems to be making this place her own rather quickly, but then, that's not a surprise for that cat. She also attacked my arm at 5:30 in the morning last week. Par for the course, eh?
In terms of getting ready for classes, while I still have no real idea about the student side of things, the teacher side is taking shape. I have a complete draft of my syllabus and daily schedule, something I haven't had to really do before. I think it'll be helpful though, as I have at least a skeleton of what I'll be doing throughout the semester. I'm excited for classes to start next week, not only to get back into teaching, but to get back to being a student as well. I'm looking forward to the balance, much more so than the prospect of another 6/6 load at Greenville Tech.
As for the people, I'm really liking the folks I'm in TA training with. I've been going out with the Creative Writing crowd on the weekends, and they know how to have a good time. That's also pretty easy when you find a place that has a 2 for 1 deal on most drinks from 7 to 11. Let's just say it's bad news. I laugh in a way that I'm hanging out with the MFAs and not the PhDs yet, but then I've always hung out with the Creative Writing folks. Hell, it was my focus in undergrad. I'm always impressed by the talent of folks to write creatively. I hope that one day I could pull something like that off, but for now, it looks like I'm going to be on the analyzing side of things. Not that I find anything wrong with that; I'm quite up to the challenge.
Well, enough rambling for now. I have a mandatory new TA Orientation hosted by the school tomorrow morning, so I should probably catch some sleep.
And all you folks on the east coast, remember, I'm three hours behind you. Think about it.
Later.
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Sounds like things are pretty cut and dry o'er there in Arizona. In my dream last night a lot of us (and random people from my high school) were all in an airport deciding where to go for spring break. You went to Arizona:)
It's so much fun to put together the syllabi, really - it's that future planning we've been taught to be so good at.
As for the lit, non-fiction is literature as well, and having students discuss non-fiction would be kind of interesting; see if you can get a hold of Maus (http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/holocaust/spiegelman.html) for some sort of creative teaching; I think that would be neat in your hands.
TTFN padnah - mine's mamaraisedaquitter.blogspot.com btw.
Enjoy the hot and dry. Classes should have started. I prefer the PAC-10 over anything form Alabama
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