I know, I know. I am becoming one of those bloggers who never actually blogs about anything. I can’t help it though. If you lived on 2000 acres in the north woods would you be inside or on a computer much?
Per the usual, I am still having a good time up here. Things are a bit stressful, but not too bad. I am teaching around six three hour classes per week (and training in on some too, which counts as some of that number). I am also taking one 4 hour long class/week through the University of MN, Duluth.
The class I am taking right now (which has two more meetings) is called Theories and Models in Environmental Education. It might be the most boring class I’ve ever taken. We meet each Friday afternoon for four hours of the professor rambling on and on about things that don’t seem to apply to the class at all. The readings aren’t much better. I haven’t read anything for the class, as of yet, that was written more than two years after I was born. All of the “breakthroughs” that the articles and books talk about are merely common sense now. The class will be over in less than a month, however, so I’m hoping that the class that takes its place is more stimulating.
My parents came up to N. Minnesota last weekend, which was really fun. On Saturday I went to Sigurd Olson’s cabin on Listening Point http://www.listeningpointfoundation.org/ in the afternoon then met up with them in the evening. I did a behind the scenes tour at the Bear Center and even got to feed their biggest bear, Ted, a Brazil nut! http://www.bear.org/website/
Per the usual, I am still having a good time up here. Things are a bit stressful, but not too bad. I am teaching around six three hour classes per week (and training in on some too, which counts as some of that number). I am also taking one 4 hour long class/week through the University of MN, Duluth.
The class I am taking right now (which has two more meetings) is called Theories and Models in Environmental Education. It might be the most boring class I’ve ever taken. We meet each Friday afternoon for four hours of the professor rambling on and on about things that don’t seem to apply to the class at all. The readings aren’t much better. I haven’t read anything for the class, as of yet, that was written more than two years after I was born. All of the “breakthroughs” that the articles and books talk about are merely common sense now. The class will be over in less than a month, however, so I’m hoping that the class that takes its place is more stimulating.
My parents came up to N. Minnesota last weekend, which was really fun. On Saturday I went to Sigurd Olson’s cabin on Listening Point http://www.listeningpointfoundation.org/ in the afternoon then met up with them in the evening. I did a behind the scenes tour at the Bear Center and even got to feed their biggest bear, Ted, a Brazil nut! http://www.bear.org/website/
Peak color for leaves and autumn up here was almost three weeks ago now. A couple wind storms took down most of the leaves. I can now see Lake Superior from the porch on my dorm (and most places on the premises here). It’s really quite magical to be so close to something so large and powerful. It almost makes me feel that tug that the ocean has always had on me. I’m not sure if Superior could sustain me forever in that way, but for now it works just fine.
I have been thinking a lot about what I am going to do next year, after all of this is over up here, but I have no idea. I am okay with that though, I think. Over the last few years I have learned that the intense amount of planning ahead that I have always done in my life is not only unnecessary, but it also stresses me out. I like to keep things up in the air. My eyes are still looking westward, however, as they have been for several years now. Perhaps I’ll go that way come June...Who knows.
I am going to attempt to upload a ton of pictures into this post...we’ll see if it works.
