Population in Claymation!

Okay, not the greatest claymation video of all time but not bad for a first time attempt! Stefan, Sade and I put this together in class yesterday. Enjoy!

The hiatus is over

Well, that was an unplanned break from blogging! They warned us that the fall would be insane and they were right (they being the faculty and former students of the MAC Program at U-M). But it's important to find time to post, it's a great way to get some of the disparate ideas swirling around my mind into some sort of coherent structure. Otherwise they will continue to float in the ether, taking up space and clogging my neurons from processing new information. Okay, I made that up. But it sounds real enough, right?

Teaching is such a unique profession. Now that I've spent some time in an actual classroom with actual students and an actual teacher, I can rest assured that I chose wisely. It just fits, you know? In my former life as a theatre guru, I never quite felt comfortable. I felt capable but not necessarily confident and I definitely didn't feel the passion. But now I can't wait to get to school in the morning! Tuesdays and Thursdays are my favorite days of the week because I get to be with my kids in my classroom (okay, it's not technically mine, but I can pretend!) talking about history. It's a blessing to have the opportunity to make a living doing what I love to do and even on my worst days, I will always know how lucky I am.