Wednesday, January 21, 2009

One of those days where everything went wrong. Class was a bit rough, mostly due to technical difficulties with the computer equipment I was hoping to use. I wish I'd pulled off what we were doing a bit more spectacularly. But by the end of the class, we did accomplish our goal. We picked a topic that we'll be researching as a class throughout the semester: separation of church and state (possibly as it relates to gay marriage because that's the topic that was a close second in the voting). As we move forward, we'll be gathering information and ideas from all sorts of angles: historical, political, legal, psychological, moral, etc. We'll be figuring out how to define terms, understanding what assumptions people come to the conversation with, etc. And we'll be narrowing down our focus, ultimately developing several potential thesis statements by the end of the semester. Fun times! Pack meeting at 6:00. Several of the scouts brought games to share with the group. Jack did a great job explaining how to play Sausage and the group had some good laughs playing a couple of rounds. I thought my first community ed guitar class was tonight. I spent nearly 45 minutes hunting all over the high school campus for it (it's a very crazy campus). Got home and discovered the class actually starts tomorrow. Well, at least I didn't miss it and I got some good exercise!