First day in class at Ferris

Today was my first official day in the classroom at Ferris State University. Coincidentally, my first class was in the same room where I taught a class as part of my interview back in November 2007. That seems like such a long time ago now. I took it as a good sign, since I did get the job.

I have one ENGL 150 course. It's new for me. The exciting thing is it all freshmen. They look unsure, but ready to learn. It's my job to help them move along through the semester. I'm sure there will be ups and downs, but each class is only 50 minutes long.

I have two Journalism classes - 121. They are back-to-back. The only difficulty to that is I need to be sure I don't skip important content in the second section. Sometimes, it is challenging to remember which class I said what in. Am I getting old?

All three classes started well. We didn't accomplish much other than setting the tone for the semester. What can you do in 50 minutes anyway? It really flies by.

I also got my first edition of the Big Rapids Pioneer in the mail today. Another newspaper to add to my daily reading. So far, it reminds me a bit of my days back at the Huron Daily Tribune. Small town paper with small town news. It's great stuff!