Endings and beginnings have been coming in quick succession lately.
The Summer BRIDGE institute at the U of I ended last week. I had the opportunity to work with 12 incoming first year students as a tutor for their composition class. It was a great experience, and hopefully I can cross paths with them as they progress through school. Many are first-gens and still on the path to developing academic literacy, but still they all have the ability to be successful at this game. Godspeed BRIDGE class of 2008!
I finished the independent study paper. It was a chore mentally, and I had to crank up the intrinsic pressure to get it done. While the writing is lacking, the research is there for days (hopefully!). And I look forward to continuing on this path of inquiry of the historical and current import of the Douglass Center as a space for self-determination within the black community here.
The move to Urbana is complete. We got by with a heap of help from starmaster and phyllis. Thank you so much!
There is still some cleaning to do and some boxes to unpack, but I must confess to a feeling of drastic yet positive separation from the old space. Just to put it out to the universe, I think this space will better our lives as a family here. And I'm moving from that "time on the rock" feeling back to the original orientation of engaging in process.
Now to get Noah's enrollment in place (my boy's starting kindergarten!), plan for the Odyssey course in the fall, and get my schedule straight for the term. As Dan Higgs says, "Which way to the work to d0?"
