My Summer Scholars course with Paula didn’t make
I learned today that the Summer Scholars course that I was gonna teach with Paula next month died for lack of people signing up. I’m disappointed because it would have been a cool subject and a cool group of students and a blast teaching with Paula, but I’m also somewhat relieved to know that I get those two weeks of my life back. (The students are high school students that live on campus for the two weeks, and we spend a lot of time with them while they’re here.) The summer already feels like it’s half over, and the to-do list just hasn’t shrunk much…
Our course was going to be on dissent and censorship. I think it would have been really interesting, but it’s a somewhat difficult topic to present and sell to high school students. Paula and I keen to try again next year, and hopefully we’ll figure out how to draw in more people then.
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June 24th, 2005 at 12:03
I’m sad that your summer scholars class got cancelled! I think everyone should learn about dissent and censorship and the importance of learning how to filter what you hear/see/read and form your own opinions. And I think you two would’ve been excellent mentors for young minds.
I remember when Kevin Ely was helping Paula with her class… um… two years ago… I never had a roommate those whole two weeks because he was always on campus with his kids. In fact, I believe he had to live in Blakely with them.
Any big plans for your two free weeks?
June 27th, 2005 at 18:25
Thanks for the kind words. No particular plan regarding the two weeks. I’ve only got about a zillion and six things that need to get done this summer, though, so I’m sure I’ll think of something. Maybe I’ll actually plan my classes for next year instead of just making them up as I go along :-).