Manic Monday (a.k.a Life in Academia, where the wheels turn Backwards)

Ah, the start of a new semester at Saginaw Valley State University ! http://www.svsu.edu/main/visit/photos.html

I run the office for an off-campus program. We have a Teacher Certification program on the campus of St. Clair County Community College in my hometown of Port Huron.

People have been able to get most of their Elementary and Secondary Education degrees here since 1999. I've been with them since 2002, and I can tell, there is no such thing as a stress-free start to a semester, whether you're a student, an instructor or the poor schmuck who rents the rooms and posts the schedules. Hi there!

Actually, this is the smallest semester we've ever had...just six classes. So it went quite smoothly this past week.

Now the madness begins in earnest on Tuesday (we have MLK Day off) as we start the application process for the Fall 2011 Teacher Education programs. Students have to go through a fairly fiddly application and interview process before they can start taking the Teaching Classes in the Fall. Guess who gets to do most of the work on this one?

Hi there!