Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A new semester begins...

So tomorrow is the first day of classes for the spring semester of 2010.  I've just had six weeks off, and yet I'm still not ready for classes to begin. Even my course syllabi are not yet done, as I am a living example of the philosophy, "Never put off for tomorrow what you can put off for the day after."

Nevertheless, I'm excited about the semester beginning, and nervous about what I'm going to cover in class.  Even after fifteen years of doing this, my courses and style continue to evolve, at least incrementally.  One of the projects that I've committed to this spring is to post regularly to a departmental blog.  This is that blog, though it will also contain things of a personal nature because, frankly, I'm too flighty to regularly contribute to more than one writing space.

So welcome back, eager students.  Next time I write, it will be about achieving perfection.