Counting My Blessings
I have recently been afforded the opportunity to teach a graduate course for Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, entitled Designing Curriculum and Instruction. I have taught graduate courses for Aurora University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University, going back to approximately 2004, and I have enjoyed every single course and every single student. However, this was the first time I have taught a course in four or so years. What a joy! What a privilege! Thanks to Marist for giving me the opportunity. I have always enjoyed teaching graduate courses. I guess it brings me back to my salad days--my undergraduate days at the University of Wisconsin, my time at Eastern Kentucky University, my cohort pals at Northern Illinois, or my very special days as a college baseball coach and athletic director at Lakeland College, during which I taught several undergraduate courses. Though I miss those days and wonder what my life would have been like had I made different