My first class and other interruptions...

I am eager to start teaching my new syllabus. I have an interesting, complex topic that will hurt the brains of many students. And isn't that what college is about? I know that's why I never left.

Of course, with every new class comes the jitters. I have never taught this particular class before, although that is par of the course with me. I have never taught exactly the same class twice. It keeps me interested and on my toes. Right now I am planning to teach a course in the fall unlike anything I have ever taught before. We'll see how it goes.

But, yeah, jitters. Little bit. I doubt it ever goes away.

I have my classes planned out through Labor Day weekend. Very soon after that, the job market in my discipline opens up, and I'm going to get whammed, if whammed is a word, with extra bonus work to do, most of which will likely be futile, but which is ultimately necessary. I have a lot of preparation to take care of before then. Prep for class and prep of my CV/application materials. Thus begins the endless job search.

Tonight I am taking it fairly easy. Doing a little bloggie-blog and I'll be playing my guitar later tonight. Wondering if I will be able to find a copier in the morning, which will be pretty damned necessary. I know, you're fascinated, but I recently got a new office in a new building and I don't know how the communal printer/copier works. I was on campus today and nothing happened. So, hopefully someone will show me how to do that. If I can't have a printed copy, I can at least upload the schedule I would have printed to the online course server and have the students download it from there. Isn't that nice?

Alright. Time to rock out. Got a few new effects on my guitar. May make a recording of them one day soon.

HJ