Today was the first day of the fall semester at the university where I teach. Several of my classes were in the new humanities building, on the new section of campus which has just been completed -- mostly.
Traffic at the new entrance was terrible and there is for sure going to be an accident at some point if there hasn't been already. There are no signs to identify the buildings (so the students as well as faculty are all lost). There is no way to print anything like handouts and syllabi, because the printers have not been moved from the old campus. The classroom teaching technology (ha) didn't work, and the bigger classrooms DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY WHITEBOARDS, because obviously no actual teachers were involved in their design. Many of the doorways in the staircases were locked so you could get in, but not get out, except for on the ground floor. In one of the lecture halls, the seats were not properly fastened to the floor, so the students couldn't sit in half of the rows. I had to drive to two sections on two different campuses around town whose instructors are not here yet, and .... stall.
But I had my LUNCH!
Last edited by bronzeager; 09-19-2010 at 05:23 AM.
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