Homework Day

A productive day of "getting my homework done." I was given more information today on upcoming Important Visit--particularly details about my teaching presentation. I now know what class I'm teaching in, have a better idea of what the students know, and where I'm coming into the mix. So I have a couple ideas in mind--just need to pick one--by say, tomorrow. I've also spent a lot of today researching the department and the faculty on a more in-depth level. Ran across a couple of published pieces that got me thinking about my dissertation so I followed those rabbit trails--came up with a few more articles that could support the diss. But overall it's been good so far just to read over pieces from different aspects of my field, and I'm learning a lot about my field in general by reading the works of this group. Kudos to teacher-scholars. The last major item on the agenda was that I came up with a pretty hefty list of questions that I want to be sure to ask during my visit--this visit is very much about information seeking for me, so I want to be sure all my questions get answered. I'm feeling very neutral about the whole process--I think its going to take a few more days for nerves and adrenaline to kick in. Maybe after I nail down this talk this weekend. We'll see.