Done Week One
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
The ball is finally rolling in earnest! My 2 classes (World Music and Digital Storytelling & Web Publishing) got off the ground nicely and I’m still finding it hard to believe that I’m able to offer up such fun (for me) classes. This week I played more basketball than I have in the last 20 years, and I’m looking forward to at least a modicum of fitness as these kids will certainly keep me running ;o)>>>
The week was capped by a Friday night auction of the art from the BoardedUP project at the Grand street Community Arts center (right around the corner from here). On Saturday I joined the HTFS staff on a trip to see the Salvador Dali exhibit at MoMA in New York City. Wonderful time, wonderful week!
Getting Albanized
Monday, August 25th, 2008With a typically relaxed departure and a 2-hour delay at the Canada-USA border (a good chunk of which was due to having been pulled out of line as a possible terrorist), I arrived in Albany late Friday night. Saturday morning brought a warm welcome from Ms. Nancy, and various members of the Free School cult…AHEM…community ;o)>>> and temporary lodging in the Family Life Center.
Today was the first day of work. We spent the day cleaning, organizing, and discussing how best to utilize the building spaces. I worked mostly in the computer room clearing out junk, cleaning dust and grime,and reorganizing all of the machines and their respective cables. It felt good to be doing something, even if only in anticipation of the students to come.
