Mid-September in Milwaukee has temperatures lingering lovingly in the nineties. Add to that the nearly ever-present smell of whatever-it-is-that-Milwaukee-smells-like (an eternally-shifting blend of breweries and fish?), and it's simply a delightful environment.
Note to self: your next apartment should have air conditioning. That's the style of living to which you would currently like to become accustomed.
The weather forecast says that hope looms. Tomorrow I might enjoy rain.
Fall is my favourite season.
How adult of me to talk this long about the weather. When I was a child, I thought 'small talk' was code for 'weather'.
I talked to the new Director of the FYE program today and have been given permission to adjust one of the unit assignments and try something a little bit new and different. It was interesting to have a conversation about teaching and trying to improve. It was interesting because the focus was not myself as a teacher, but the curriculum as a whole. I've never before had the opportunity to interact so directly with the assignment-planning process and get to consider goals, concepts, and how to make them work together - especially not in collaboration with someone who is a "real" teacher. Now I have to try and make sure that my adjusted assignment is not a complete flop.
Sorry for the rambles. I had a writing urge but no solid thought behind it.
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