First Day in the Classroom

Thursday, January 19th was our first class time in the U.K. After I finished teaching, the students focused on their online courses. Currently, there’s terrific supplemental material to incorporate into the course I’m teaching on the history of shared information and its role in creating/influencing personal/societal realities at various time periods. The current tensions in the U.K. (over Brexit) and the U.S. (over the election and the media) add to our class discussions also. Listening to these students strengthens my hope in the future, because they care enough to engage with difficult topics, think critically about them, and share different perspectives effectively without isolating other ideas. I look forward to our continuing discussions this semester.