Back To School!

I love Back to School time. I love the way the school year has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Realizing this was what helped me to figure out that I wanted to work in academia, although I didn't know exactly how that would look back when I started out.

Mr. Goodrich's 8th Grade Homeroom, 1979-80
Ross Road Elementary School
Memphis, Tn

I remember when it meant new clothes, new supplies (two boxes of tissues, anyone?), and a new homeroom teacher. It also brought a little bit of dread, just knowing the summer freedoms were over and it was time to get back to the old alarm clock schedule. Early mornings have always been so hard for me!

Right now my academic life is centered around getting ready for New Faculty Orientation and several other orientations. I love meeting the new hires and helping them learn more about our campus and our students. It is a great time of year and I look forward to the rush of the new semester. This fall I will also have some new freshmen students to work with, so I am looking forward to seeing who they are and what they need from me to get fully immersed in college life.

What do you love about Back to School? What memories does it conjure up for you? Love to hear in the Comments.

Summer 2016 Reading Goals

Does writing your goals down and sharing with the internet world make you more likely to follow through? Let's find out.

Book Clubbing
Small Teaching by James M. Lang
Teaching Unprepared Students by Kathleen Gabriel

The Books I Keep Seeing and Need to Check Out
What The Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain

Currently Reading
Teaching At Its Best by Linda B. Nilson
---She has another book called The Graphic Syllabus, which seems insanely good and I must look at it!