No, This Is Not a "Session" Post

Though, yes, I suck. My comp is due in less than a week, so though I'm currently grinding at it, I should find freedom after my oral defense on Monday, May 2, 2011. I once again overestimated my abilities and promised to do what couldn't be done with my workload. (I promised to try to post the final 6 sessions from fall semester daily since the last post, in case you didn't know or have forgotten.)

I'm BACK!

Hello, readers! It really is nice to be back! You might be wondering where on Earth I was. Well, I was definitely present. Unfortunately, I could not post any posts for a while because Blogger did some craziness with my account due to third party issues and I couldn't figure out a way how to access my blog. I eventually decided to temporarily give up and work on my Senior Comprehensive Project for college (I posted a link of information on my last post in December). The project is a requirement for graduation, and graduating is something of most importance to me right now.

Attempting Hot Potato Phenomenology

So, yeah... I haven't been posting on this blog for some time and I should get on top of that, which is what I am now attempting to do. I am attempting to finish my Senior Comprehensive Project (or "comp" for short and a requirement for all students at Allegheny College), a task that is in no way easy and is also very time consuming. I will not do an entire month's worth of posting in a single post; that would be incredibly painful for both myself and all of you readers. I promise, I will catch up within a week! No take-backs!

Last Week and Better

As I mentioned in my previous post, I fell ill two weeks ago on the day I was to teach, but that was the only week I missed. Last week was therefore the second class I've taught and, honestly, it was more difficult. They were much more restless and seemingly less interested in the session. I decided to read to them Kathryn Otoshi's One. The book is fairly visually abstract in that the characters are literally single paint blotches. It's very creative and simplistic, but the children weren't appreciating such basic art. The story is incredibly unique for discussing bullying as broadly as it does since it refrains from referencing any particular human identity, including race, gender, sex, ethnicity, etc. I thought they would like the book, but I guess I was wrong.

First Class From 3 Weeks Ago

So, I haven't been able to work on this blog for some time. I was focusing on catching up with my other school work after finally finishing my incomplete on a course from last semester. And to be honest, it's not highly encouraging to try to relay happenings of a session when I have no way of recording them efficiently or effectively. I should have written this post much earlier, and it should have been two separate posts, but here I go...

And Here I go!

Unless you are one of my professors, classmates, friends, or related partners concerning my project, I am not particularly sure how you managed to stumble upon this blog. You could have found this through StumbleUpon, my Facebook profile (if you at least kinda know me), or my LinkedIn profile. It's no matter if you found this blog; I would just be surprised if seemingly random people found it. I don't expect this blog to report great things or even anything too interesting. Its purpose is simply to journal my attempts at teaching second-graders philosophy for the next 12 weeks.