Day one of summer school has come and gone. I was a little nervous, but I think it went well. There's something about the unknown parts of the first day that make it a little tricky. Plus, since this is summer school, I have a lot more time to manage; each class is an hour and forty-five minutes. Today, I let them out about 15 minutes early; but I think that's ok on the first day.
Based on my first impressions, I think it'll be a good class. Even today, there were several students who participated willingly in the discussion (and, of course, a few who didn't say a word; but I'll start calling on them tomorrow). One very interesting thing--all 15 of my students are male. Before class started, one of the guys looked around and said something about how there seemed to be a lot of testosterone in the room. I thought that was pretty funny. At least I don't have to worry about offending someone by saying "you guys" to the class! Also funny is that I had met one of my 107 students before during one of my visits to CESL.
I have a handful of students from Saudi Arabia (which I expected, after seeing the names on my class list), one each from Kuwait, China, and England, and others from AZ and a few other states. It'll be fun to see how the class dynamic continues to develop, but I think most of them seem friendly and ready to take on the course. I do think this will be a busy month. A week from now, I'll be grading the first essay already!
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