This is the week that it all begins again. The public school kids started back today (I almost got hit by a big a** school bus who crossed three lanes of traffic with no signal and no looking - and as a former bus driver myself I find that horrific) and the college kids start on Wednesday. This past weekend was freshman move in weekend (u-hauls were parked on every spare curb on campus and every student parking lots has cars double and triple parked) and the seniors are starting to enforce their senior-ness. But for me, I always know school is about to start when these things happen (and they always happen).
1. I run into students in the coffee shop. I'm up early and they're just ending their night last night.
2. I run into students in the gym - you know, when I look my best.
3. My inbox is full of emails asking if the books in the bookstore "are really necessary." Um.....yes.
4. My blackboard sites, MyItalianLab, and Supersite platforms are malfunctioning and I can't get ahold of anyone to help me fix it.
5. Deadlines for my article, book, promotion packet, and syllabi are all coming up within five minutes of each other.
And so it begins. Freshmen are wandering scared around campus while sophomores are trying to shrug their parents away and seniors are trying to figure out how to demonstrate their senior-ness. Ahh, yes....the dance begins.
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