First Chapters and First Week!

After reading the first 3 chapters, I'm finding that the text is really easy to follow. I particularly found the explanation of research methods in Chapter 2 interesting. I will have to do an ethnography for another Comm class and I could really understand how Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves was doing just that! Observing, listening, taking notes, and emersing oneself into a culture sounds like a neat way to do research rather than just researching through texts and other's observations.

So far, my first week back has gone great! I completely agree... I'd much rather be in school (and not have to work). I have a new appreciation for school and if I could quit my job and just go to school, I would do it in a heartbeat. My daughter's first day was fun! We were the youngest parents in the group (making it a bit awkward, I'm not a "professional" yet) but my daughter didn't cry (like half of the other children) and she was very well-behaved. We'll see how week 2 goes...