Seminars

Hi Dear one,
Here is a view of Times Square, I found on my camera SD card from late spring. I understand the being sick thing. Life has been very touch and go for me lately, Several tests in Syracuse, before we, Orr, and I drove down to NYU. The seminar was a total rush. There were not enough seats. NYU had to change seminar spaces and go to a larger auditorium, and still students were turned away. As I told you Of the frame work, I gave those little blue composition books, remember them, and after the class the students, many, wanted to share and put voice and it appeared receive approval of their actions.
Plus the class was changed 2 hours before I was to present. A professor's nightmare. I was to combind my presentation and split it to provide two seminars rather than one. All the information in one and a half hours, doubling the material. One seminar at 10 am. and the second at 1 pm. There were two professors from Columbia, and New School, a favorite of Lorries and mine. A NYC version of Goddard, I was approached by New School, to consider presenting my seminar on Terrorism and the Academic Arena, and was asked to consider giving the same seminar, as they felt my presentation was, "dynamic" can you believe it. Columbia rep also asked for my card and said she would be in touch. With the veil of anxiety covering national learning institutions NYU and New School and Columbia felt it was quit germane. I may pay off all my cc's after all. I don't like weekly teaching, but I really enjoy the seminar approach. It's rather scary, thinking can I put this together and will the students learn from it and will the university like it or think my work is crap. It seems all approved. Each class had 200 students, I was very overwhelmed. I started by telling the class that I was also overwhelmed, but my syllabus was my plan and I transitioned into basic plans the school has already had, but I gave Ideas for plugging the wholes and how each student might prepare to respond to an emergency situation. I really enjoyed meeting the students and several asked if I had written a book about the issue? Wow, now at home, it seems like a dream. I was dressed in jeans, a sports jacket carrying a briefcase thinking Bloody hell, how am I going to pull this off. But I really got into it. More test tomorrow, Orr is going to drive me and bring me home. I am very thankful to have the ride home. I'm concerned about the tests as I feel my body is not wright, along with the joint pain and nerve inflammation of the skin around my knees, and elbows, keels like shingles, but no change in skin tone eg.. sucks. Life always keeps one busy and I want quiet time. Hope all is improving for you,
and Lorrie, I will be writing you soon.
Blessings,
Love Joe