Part of the challenge of education in New York is holidays. Every couple of years it makes starting a course in the Fall a rather complicated business, especially if it's a Monday-Wednesday course, and this is one
of those years. The usual challenge of fitting your course materials into a pedagogically effective sequence is exacerbated by a schedule which doesn't let your class find a rhythm, a groove, until week six - too late!
This year we have an additional disruption coming up, cresting in week eleven. It will be one of those times when the relevance of what we do in the classroom is called in question - even if a "blue wave" rushes in.
