Tomorrow We Begin Again
New school year starts in earnest tomorrow. I find myself very anxious right now, so much so that I’m finding it hard to focus on what I’m trying to write. I’m looking over my course syllabi, and feeling frustrated that they read more like a software End User License Agreement than the first step of a year of inquiry. I’m constantly asking myself how I’m going to encourage my students to ask more and better questions about the world around them and hoping that I am up to the task.
I’m also thinking about the site. I still have longer stories to write, and I want to start thinking more about how to use a tag cloud. Not News dates back to 2000, and there are a lot of things we weren’t thinking about in 2000 that we are today. I am also considering whether to use the site as a forum to re-evaluate some of the ideas in my dissertation. I think it’s time to refresh and renew some of my thinking there.
I almost but did not quite accomplish my goal of having the house (minus the garage) organized by the end of the summer, but I can keep working on that.
That’s probably the attitude I need to keep in mind right now. The summer’s over, but a new day starts tomorrow, and I need to get ready to make the most of it.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.