First Week of School: The More Things Change

It's an interesting moment in time to be teaching first year students. I mean that in a broad sense, but I also mean it in a "teaching the first week of classes during this particular week in August of 2026." Let me unpack that statement a bit: --Tuesday March 11 was our first day of classes. It was also my first day as an Associate Professor on the tenure track at Spartanburg Methodist College,…