The day started off with a short walk to the local coffee house, Blue State. I’d recently discovered a chocolate, peanut butter, and banana smoothie and decided to throw a shot of espresso in it for good measure. The group looked refreshed and reinvigorated from the night before. Breakfast was healthy blend of granola, fruit, and chocolate filled pastries. We sat with different people, a typical setting for every meal, and chatted about unimportant trivialities to pass the time before our first meeting of the day.
After breakfast, we met in a banquet hall to discuss the
day’s events. Today, Friday, we met our Seminar group and instructor.
Again, my Seminar topic was “Reading for Information, Non-fiction Literature”,
which focused on integrating and entwining non-fiction and fiction texts in the
classroom. Meeting with our group for the first time was reminiscent of
my old university days. Our instructor, Jessica Brantley, introduced
herself and her specified field, Medieval Literature. She speaks the
Chaucerian language! After, the group swapped background stories with
each other and shared what their unit topic was going to be about.
The meeting passed by too quickly and, before we knew it, it
was time to part ways. The rest of the day was made up of individual
meetings with Jessica, exploring the beautiful campus of Yale, and delving into
the infinite number of resources in the library. My meeting with Jessica
was very helpful. She proved knowledgeable and resourceful in helping me
detail and refine my unit topic. Together, we brainstormed a list of
titles to research and briefly chatted about life. Again, the meeting
went too quickly and before I knew it, it was time for dinner.
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