Classroom Days

Today was mostly classroom discussions and learning. We started at nine, and spent the morning discussing the program in depth and answering any questions. The classroom setting is actually just me, Carly and our various professors in a small conference type room, discussing readings, etc. I really like that is small and comfortable.

Valerian and our other professor we met today, Dr. Branum, have so much to teach us. We discussed a variety of topics today including early contact with settlers, cultural appropriation, myths and misconceptions surrounding indigenous people, tokenization, American Indian spirituality, American Indian etiquitte (sp?) and tons of other stuff!!

Thats pretty much it for today, lots of information and books to read, and the course work for the 15 credits is pretty hefty, if I was worried about being bored I am not now. It is a little overwhelming knowing I have all that school work plus service placement work plus registering for my senior year classes, researching my grad school, figuring out when to take the GRE, writing my speech for Western graduation and finding time to keep in touch with my friends and family! Its going to be an intense but fulfilling semester, I can tell.

After class I took Carly downtown and she experienced her first midwestern town (she is from Boston and has never been to the midwest). We had fun and went to goodwill. Now we are going to dinner and later tonight I will begin much reading and work!