Santa Barbara City College is perched on two hills overlooking a popular surfing beach, the harbor, and the city. Here is a short video I shot the first day of classes, panning from the beach to the library, near the building where I have most of my classes.
All but one of my classes are in the Interdisciplinary Center, or IDC, on West Campus. This is a convenient location near the bus stop, parking, the Luria Library, and a snack shop.
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| The IDC |
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| Room 211 - Both of my history classes are here. |
It is odd to sit in a classroom again, and I am still very much aware of the decades separating these new students and myself. I did think I had spotted another student of my generation, another white-haired woman, waiting for the first session of my Western Civilization class to begin. I plopped down in the desk beside her, and with a relieved and eager smile, said "Let's be friends!" As it turned out, she was simply the mother-in-law of the professor, visiting her daughter, sitting in on one class to watch him teach.
I have, however, had one young student befriend me. She sat behind me in the first meeting of one of the honors sections, saying "Hi, aren't you in my English class? Have you started the reading? Isn't it strange?" I have hope.
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| My first day of school. |
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