Long Time, No Post
Yes, so apparently 6 days is the equivalent of “forever” in the blogging word, as I realize that I haven’t posted a thing in nearly a week. But I don’t feel so guilty mostly because my world has been nothing short of “crazy busy” for the past few weeks and it doesn’t look like the end is in sight anytime soon. Luckily it is now officially the Christmas season and I keep trying to remind myself to slow down, take a breath, enjoy this time of year.
Last evening, I had a great chance to go with a group of students to tour UCLA. For many of them, it was the first time that they had gotten the chance to visit UCLA, and for some of them, the first time they had gotten the chance to go to a college campus. Just like my last trip to USC, we started the afternoon with a tour of the campus, and I had to laugh at all of 8th grade boys who were complaining about how much they had to walk, but all of my 8th grade girls were doing just fine! After the tour we headed down to what was the students’ favorite part of the visit: dinner in the all-you-can-eat UCLA dining hall. Judging by their average consumption at dinner I wouldn’t be surprised if five years from now they’re tacking on the “freshman fifty” rather than the “freshman fifteen“. Following dinner, we walked up to the top of the math/sciences building and got to watch a planetarium show. Despite the fact that the stars were simulated, many students remarked as to how beautiful the night sky could be! If only they could see it “for reals” in LA! Some of the questions they asked the grad student who gave us the presentation: “Do you think Pluto should be a planet?”, “What is the brightest star?” “Betelgeuse! That’s me! That’s me!” “Uggggh….. I shouldn’t have eaten so much….what was I thinking!”
Anyway, that was that, and this is this, and my conference period is about to end, so I’ll try to post at least once more this week with all the craziness that will be going on!
Themocracy
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