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Well, my ENC1101 internship officially ended today.

The results: I helped lead class discussions, conduct workshops, do mini-lectures, and actually teach class on two occasions. Oh, I got to critique student papers and grade a set of papers as well. The best paper got an A-.

Today, Brandy Wilson (my teacher-mentor) had the students write a single page evaluation of Danielle (my classmate, another T.A.) and me. The results are satisfying. The highlight? From Allyson, an African-American girl from South Florida who looks like an African princess - if that makes any sense:

"Travis was a major help, and a pleasure to have in this class. When we were doing the work about finding a topic he was the person who really helped our group to narrow down our topic and something that we liked .... P.S. I thought it was really cool how you [Travis] didn't announce your Birthday. My B day is July 21st as well and I really dont like to make it known. We have more in common that we think my fellow Cancer."

I love teaching already.

My schedule for the Fall: I am teaching ENC1101-03 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-9am (groan!). The classroom is equipped for computers. I say, you have to learn the technology in order to negate it. Actually, there's a chance I will be teaching a second section of ENC1101 as well. I am waiting to hear back from our Writing Director on this one.

As for my student-life, I will probably be taking French, Pedogogy Workshop II, and - if I can get in - a class on the Frankfurt School. This class that counts towards the Critical Theory Certificate that I am shooting for within my Master's program.