Wednesday, August 13, 2008

1st day of orientation

Overall, I'm impressed with the orientation. The presenters are well-prepared and organized. But, I think I'm a bit suspicious. For instance, why do they find it necessary to differentiate public education from education. Is public education that different? And, all the stuff they gave me, which is good but sketchy. I told my table, "We're going to be their trained pet monkeys when this is over." Only one person smiled.

The content is hohum, but what I thoroughly enjoy is the presentation. They're making us do things that we can use in class. In short, we're learning how to faciliate flexible grouping (or some such jargon). It's nifty.

Most of my fellow NTs leave me nonplussed, but there is some potential friend material.

Room update: my sister and mom worked on my room today while I was getting oriented. Apparently, several people stopped in and said it was the cleanest that they'd seen it. My sister made the same amount for her summer internship for her MBA program that I'll be making this year. She does good work.

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