Day One

Today was the first day of the spring semester. There is something weird about the beginning of a new semester...I'm not nervous about the new classes, I just find the whole not knowing any of the people in the room staring at me / introduction part of each new semester kind of awkward. I much prefer it when we all just know each other. They know what to expect. I know the personality of the class. All that. So day one is over. I only had one class today, precalculus, and it only has 15 kids in it. I'm looking forward to the small class and meeting everyday.
Tomorrow I meet my other three classes...all sections of college algebra. Three more introductions. Three more times talking through the syllabus...they probably remember like 1/10th of what I tell them on that first day. But it's nice to be back to a regular schedule. I didn't swim today, but hopefully on Thursday I'll start that part of the new schedule.