First day of classes, after a ridiculously complex advisement/registration schedule, is always a case of controlled chaos. Fortunately the students are usually unaware of the subtextual chaos -- and perceive only the grim and boring first lecture/class day. Because it is a day of new beginnings -- this first day is very important. It is the harbinger of the term as a whole.
This day in 2014 marks my fourth summer working at the technical college -- and it is once again full of changes. The schedule is one week shorter so the classes are longer (roughly twice as long as a class in Spring or Fall Semester). The students start off full of energy but the summer drains their energies fairly quickly. And distractions mount.
And regular life interferes: jobs interfere, love interferes, family matters and money (or lack thereof) interfere. And yet life will go on. And class will go on. And we will all survive, somehow.
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