Introduction

This is my first week of school in over fourteen years.  I am enrolled as a full time student in the RITE program,  with the aim of becoming certified to be a High School English teacher.

I am taking two 200 level English classes, an Educational Psychology class, and, then, of course, this one on Schooling in a Democratic Society.  So far, I have found them all to be interesting in their own way, although one of my English classes (which meets once weekly for a four hour session) was cancelled due to a water main breakage.

 I'm guessing that the Educational Psychology class will be the most difficult for me.  It seems to primarily involve taking a lot of notes, doing a lot of text book reading, and memorizing a lot of information.  Then again, this kind of linear thinking might represent a welcome alternative to all the critical thinking and ideas formulating that will be expected of me in my other classes.  

I feel like the first week has really been mostly about getting my feet wet and getting back on track.  My feet are now wet (even if I'm still a little wet behind the ears), and I'm really looking forward to diving right in.

Tobias Haller