Canisius starts on Tuesday after Martin Luther King Day. I am so excited about teaching again. It is definately more fun than being a student for me. I have had it with the more than 20 years of education I have endured. Enough hoops already.

I had this idea yesterday that it would be much more rewarding if I taught old people how to use computers than college students. I think I could see a carreer developing.

It seems like older people have so much informtaion that is on the brink of extinction. By combining technology teaching and older individuals, we would be able to give them a sense of purpose and a source of communication, as well as, prevent a huge amount of information from being lost.

It retrieval will be my goal.

I got really mad at someone trying to break into my house and it made me sent threats to the wrong place. Sorry, if I angered anyone.

I do not think that you are an alcoholic, but you should be careful just in case you have that tendency.

The tempreal class went ok. We were missing a bunch of students for the first meeting, but apparantly Jesse told them it was optional (er ist verrueckt). It really annoys me because then I will end up having to explain stuff to them individually, as he is not really sure how to do anything in Second Life.

On another note, I met one of the students inside the Second Life world itself and he was quite sucessful in terms of designing his avatar and clothing it.

Another student tried but was having trouble with his graphics card (~32MB) and decided to buy a new one. I hope that it works out well for him. He is a 3D modeler, as well, so it should save him time with Maya too. I find that having a new, fast graphics card, pays for itself in time.

As Jesse likes to point out, there are an extreme number of barriers for the students to get in the world. It is really true, here are some skill based, socially based, and economically based barriers in no particular order.

1. Hear about the class.
2. Own a computer with a fast enough processor.
3. Speak English
4. Own a high speed, full of RAM graphics card (my personal suggestion is NVidia)
5. Have a broadband internet connection.
6. Understand the instructions.
7. Understand modeling.
8. Understand Texturing.
9. Possess social skills.
10. Own a credit card.
11. Can type.
12. Have an email address.

Its really quite extreme. I hope that it works out.

This is just a glimpse into the future. Please record your feelings about it.

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