My educational policy class is starting to make me very angry. Not the professor’s fault, he’s a wonderful teacher, dedicated to our work and topic, trying to set us at ease and help us along toward our assignments in area schools as participant-observers.
What’s fueling my fire is the amount of information about education, and what’s [...]
Archive for January, 2008
How…?
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, School on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mapping Spaces
Posted in School on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m finding it a little easier to navigate the campus this week–very proud of finding the library again–and have decided to start claiming some territory as my own. On the second floor of the Raether building (library/computer/research facility) there is a row of study tables, just some sturdy, basic furniture. To me, they represent my [...]
Homesickness and MTM Moments
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, School on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m in flux and I can’t stand it. Everything around (and inside of) me is turning sour. I dread this period. It happens every time I start something new. My mind does nothing but reminisce, comparing every current sight, sound, and breath to something from before. Even if the past was horrid, it suddenly becomes a [...]
Stephen King moved to Florida…
Posted in Light Thoughts, Reading on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
and wrote a book about it, “Duma Key”. Will I read it? Probably. Guiltily, taking frequent skittish glances at the stuff I should be reading instead, stuff about educational disparities and neuron action potentials. But it’s a new King!
I have a fascination with King’s writing, going all the way back to “Carrie”. I saw it [...]
Trinity: Day One
Posted in School on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you happened to hear that big “thud” Thursday, it was my homework. Buried in reading, but that’s not so bad. Lots of terms to dredge up for my Brain course, (that must be some sort of bio-pun), lots of excitement to look forward to in Education, but I think my favorite will be Linguistics. [...]
