... I'm excited... (179/365, 28 Jun 2022)
...but the challenge is to translate that excitement to 200 students in an online environment. I should add these students are taking a Japanese politics course, so... but I accept, students are students and maybe they've enrolled for all sorts of reasons.
Tuesdays for the time being, are long days, starting at around 4:45, out the door by 6:15 and then hope the trains work sufficiently well to allow me to get to campus in time to wind up the online machine.
Without much of a break, it is on to the next class, face-to-face this time...a long 200 minutes teaching a class with, frankly, little point. But more of that later.
Once that's done, it is back to the office, check email, speak to colleagues in the International Office to see what has happened during the day, and then get ready for Wednesday's early start. There is a kind of rinse/repeat about it all.
A little earlier, I had a request to do an interview on ABC radio about this current heat wave, which in addition to the heat, we've been asked to conserve power at peak times in the late afternoon / evening.
Not much chance to get out and about but the sunsets from the tenth floor can have their moments.
Snapped on the iPhone 12 mini.
