THE LAST BLOG

Well, for most of you, anyway.

Most of you will be finishing this class on next Tuesday, June 2. You will be graduating that Friday, June 3 -- assuming you actually have enough credits to graduate. For this week's blog topic, then, we should follow the traditional graduation theme and ask you to look forward into your future.

What are you looking forward to in the next year? What are you not looking forward to in the next year?

(Those of you who are Juniors, you can and should answer this question, as well. I'm not graduating, either -- more's the pity.)

I am looking forward to finishing my second book this next year, and having something to shop around to agents again. I'm looking forward to having something else to write about; I've been working on the same idea for three years, now, and I like it, but I'd like to do something else. Maybe focus more on the blogs. Maybe get more essays published in the Chronicle, see if I can't make it a regular thing -- at least until they get sick of me sending them things. I'm looking forward to teaching Honors next year, I think; I've never taught it before, and I'm hopeful that the students will be something of a change. And I, for one, am looking forward to the seven period day; I think it will be a vast improvement over the blocks, and I'm also looking forward to the time when people get used to it and realize it's either a good thing, or at least not as bad as they thought, and stop bitching about it.

I'm looking forward to not coming in early for department head meetings, but I'm not looking forward to coming in early for site council meetings (assuming I'm picked).

I am not looking forward to teaching some of the students that I had as freshmen. I am not looking forward to having a library with no librarian. I am not looking forward to losing my philosophy club. I'm not looking forward to paying bills, but then, who ever does?

What about all of you?


By the way: I see no reason to take this blog down at the end of the year. I will probably open it up to comments from anyone at all, but should any of you feel the need to post here once more, you should be able to.

I would also encourage all of you to keep your own blogs, if you don't already. Maybe it hasn't been the greatest assignment -- but there has never, never, been an easier way to express yourself and be heard. It's a wonderful thing, and it is something that more people should take part in. All you have to do is click the link that says "Create Blog," right next to the one that says "Sign In."

Blog away.