What a Difference a Weekend Makes

Three days ago I was a lukewarm Bears fan with a dream to enlighten unsuspecting undergraduates in the culture of blogging. By 10:15 last night, I was cheering for the Indianapolis Colts as they won their first-ever Super Bowl and mentally sifting through potential discussion topics and workshop ideas for the blogging class I'm now slated to teach this fall. I've even coined a catchy new vocabulary word sure to spread like wildfire at Saint Joe: bleaching! Because blogging plus teaching equals....

Well, maybe not like wildfire, but I just might find a way to sneak it into my syllabus.

I'm going to be a teacher. An adjunct professor. Me, who can't make it through even one staff meeting without frantically searching for the "Pause" button on my Real Life DVR remote so I can jot down a rough outline expressing intelligent, thought-out responses to spontaneous lines of questioning because I'm afraid of accidentally complimenting somebody's bra. I shared the good news with several colleagues from the college's alumni volunteer board and flapped around like a fish out of water when one of them commented, "That's going to be hard. I mean, has anything academic even been published about blogging?"

I received official word on Friday, when Luke and I made the trek to Rensselaer for my quarterly alumni board meeting, an hour and a half before midnight, within minutes of hugging my good friend Maia, who once mentored me through a year-long publications internship with the college's marketing office and saw me through an abrupt transition from intern to employee. I'm honored that the department is willing to entrust me with a classroom full of impressionable minds and hope my course meets their expectations; at the very least, I'd like to refrain from vomiting before I have the chance to introduce myself. They'd probably appreciate that, students and faculty alike.

Comments

[Molly]

YEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

Congratulations! Great job! You'll do great! You rock!

I'm so happy for you!!

[Molly]

Also, damn football traitor.

[Art Nerd]

welcome to the dark world that is adjuncting. you'll love it, i think! i'm always around, email me if you need to!

[Luke]

In my head, I read "bleching," and it was further solidified when you talked about vomiting.

[Lizzy]

Wow, that's really amazing! Congratulations-- I wish I could sit in on your class.
You should be very VERY proud of yourself. Way to go!

[Elizabeth]

Congrats! That is super news. AND! You have plenty of time to come up with some interesting course materials, a well thought out sylabus and some pepto (you know, for the vomiting). ;)

[mjd]

Yea, Professor Frema Wahoo!!!

[daddy d]

Nice job on getting a college teaching job. Joy. That will be fun.

[VirginiaGal]

Whooo hooo! You're gonna be a "bleacher"!

[Di]

Excuse me???? you were cheering for the COLTS??!!!! you have now been shuned from your Auntie Di! Your only a Indiana transplant! your a Chi-Town girl born and bred-don't forget your roots. If you can't be a bears fan don't be a football fan! P.S. congrats professor Bre.

[PaintingChef]

Holy crap on a cracker! Congratulations! So... are we going to have the benefit of your bleachings as well?

Excellent new word, by the way. Although it did make me feel a little like I was inquiring about your methods for dealing with unwanted facial hair...

Also? Am Colts fan. Because am Peyton Manning fan. Because am Tennessee fan. So yay Colts!

[Liz]

Awesome!! Congratulations. Maybe we can trade teaching strategies. :)

[Liz]

And by the way- a quick search in just one of my databases turned up 180 scholarly journal articles on weblogs. Maybe you'll write the 181st. ;)

[Jackie]

Frema, thanks for sharing your blog with me this weekend. I've been catching up on your previous entries, and YOU ROCK! Good luck with the class; you're going to be awesome!

[Silly Hily]

Oh my gosh Frema!!!!!!! Congratulations. How exciting. I can't wait to hear all about your teaching experiences.

[Audrey]

Congrats -- that's fantastic news!!! I sure with I could take your class, because there's no way in hell it's not going to be an awesome class.

[TasterSpoon]

Maybe all us commenters should get together and juice the blog so it's all pumped up with, like, 80 comments a day so when Frema's students come over here to check it out they're all like, whoa.

[takin chances]

That is SO fabulous!!! I wish I could take your course.

Keep us updated about how you work out the curriculum. I think your class will be totally interesting.

[Angela]

So, this is a college class on how to blog? Am I getting that right? That sounds so very cool and hip!

[dee]

Congrats on the teaching job! I wish my college would have had a class about blogging. I would have signed up for that right away.

[Sant]

Congratulations Frema!! If I were still a student there I would totally take your course! That's awesome and I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job!!

PS-- I love Maia too!

[kelley]

Congratulations! I think it is so cool that you'll get to be a pioneer in the field of "bleaching". And I know you'll be a super fun and engaging teacher!

[Silly Hily]

Ooooh, TasterSpoon has a fabulous idea. Look at you rockin' the 22 comments so far.
I'm commenting again also to say that even though I didn't get to watch the Super Bowl, I'm still excited that the Colts won because I'm a Peyton/Vols fan just like PaintingChef.
You people better keep commenting on Frema's blog. She's gonna get sick of seeing me in the comments section 5 times. :-)

[Lindsey]

I think it is so cool that you get to teach a class on blogging. You are going to be the best damn bleacher there is! I'm so proud of you. So cool!

[debi]

Geez,I just realized that I am just hangin out waiting for TLF. Like maybe you would post it today,it's getting close to Friday. I will wait with everyone else.damn it.

[Brittany]

Wow! What an interesting subject to teach! Will you make them read your blog as homework?

I think you're right about "bleaching." It will totally catch on.