Fall 2009 Semester

I feel I should jump on here and just write a little bit about what I'm expecting out of my fall semester at the University. Here is my schedule:

EDUC 317L: Designing Curriculum for Low Incidence Disabilities Lab (Fridays, all day)

EDUC 342: Educational Media & Technology (Tues/Thurs 2:30 - 3:45)

EDUC 366: Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (Mon/Weds 1:00 - 2:15)

EDUC 367: Designing Curriculum for Low Incidence Disabilities (Mon/Weds 3:00 - 4:15)

EDUC 385H: Textbooks, Tradebooks, and the Gifted (Honors)

MATH 222: Calculus III (Mon/Wed/Thurs/Fri 11:00 - 11:50)

MATH 385H: Honors Differential Equations (Thurs, 1:00)

I really do love this schedule because I'm finally rid of those bull general education courses; I can concentrate solely on what I want to concentrate on: mathematics and education. Also, I am really looking forward to the opportunity to dabble in some honors work and hopefully get a third article out. I say third because I am currently working on my second publication with my honors mentor in the education department which should (key word "should") be done within the month. Well, maybe by fall break. Who knows?

Regardless, it is absolutely fantastic to get back in the swing of things again. I really did miss everyone over the summer (a topic about which I will write another entry). The jazz band has been playing since Thursday and, with a couple of new additions, we sound pretty good! Unfortunately, our move-in gig got rained out Saturday morning so we had to move freshmen in.

Finally, I heard a very interesting line from my pastor's homily today that I thought I would share. Think about this line and what it means in the context of a truly Catholic life: "Everyone should be subordinate to everyone."