I should blog
First, a thought: It seems to me that if someone experiences sadness related to some sort of shock, the sadness will transition to anger as soon as the subject of the shock is accepted. I have to wonder why this is.
Now... why do I say I should blog? I'm doing something pretty interesting for these current few weeks! I've been in Loudonville (Albany), NY for just over a week now, participating in Johns Hopkins University's "Center for Talented Youth" (CTY) program. It's a 3-week intense program where kids of middle and high school age who have certain minimum SAT scores can get the sort of academic enrichment they can't get from public schools. That's right--middle schoolers with good SAT scores. Some with 1600s, to my understanding.
I applied a month or so ago to be an RA for the same program, but closer to home (their Lancaster site). The email I got back asked if I wanted to come to the Loudonville site to be a TA for the electrical engineering program. Hell yes, that would look good on a resume. And here I am.
I have 10 kids in my class, ages 12-14, who I get to help teach my own undergraduate major to. I have to say, I'm mighty impressed with all of them. They're picking up on it all very quickly, especially considering that one day at CTY, which is about 7 hours in the classroom, is supposed to be equal to about a week at school. They've only been here a week (starting yesterday) and they've learned 5 weeks worth of material. I really wish I was that smart in middle school.
It's really late, so I'm not going to try to document the whole first week. But they did have a "casino night" for the kids tonight, which I went to for a bit, and there's an ultimate frisbee game (or set of games, I'm not entirely sure) in the morning. I'm one of four people signed up for the staff team, so that should be interesting.
I'll try to write more later. I'm not nearly as tired as I should be...
Now... why do I say I should blog? I'm doing something pretty interesting for these current few weeks! I've been in Loudonville (Albany), NY for just over a week now, participating in Johns Hopkins University's "Center for Talented Youth" (CTY) program. It's a 3-week intense program where kids of middle and high school age who have certain minimum SAT scores can get the sort of academic enrichment they can't get from public schools. That's right--middle schoolers with good SAT scores. Some with 1600s, to my understanding.
I applied a month or so ago to be an RA for the same program, but closer to home (their Lancaster site). The email I got back asked if I wanted to come to the Loudonville site to be a TA for the electrical engineering program. Hell yes, that would look good on a resume. And here I am.
I have 10 kids in my class, ages 12-14, who I get to help teach my own undergraduate major to. I have to say, I'm mighty impressed with all of them. They're picking up on it all very quickly, especially considering that one day at CTY, which is about 7 hours in the classroom, is supposed to be equal to about a week at school. They've only been here a week (starting yesterday) and they've learned 5 weeks worth of material. I really wish I was that smart in middle school.
It's really late, so I'm not going to try to document the whole first week. But they did have a "casino night" for the kids tonight, which I went to for a bit, and there's an ultimate frisbee game (or set of games, I'm not entirely sure) in the morning. I'm one of four people signed up for the staff team, so that should be interesting.
I'll try to write more later. I'm not nearly as tired as I should be...